DUBAI: Two cruise missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a bulk cargo provider within the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, severely injuring a sailor who was evacuated by American forces, the US navy stated.
The Houthis have been focusing on vessels within the Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in assaults they are saying are in solidarity with Palestinians throughout the ongoing Israel-Hamas battle within the Gaza Strip.
Though this has brought on main disruption to worldwide delivery, casualties have been uncommon.
The M/V Verbena — a Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned, Polish-operated ship — “reported injury and subsequent fires on board. The crew continues to battle the hearth. One civilian mariner was severely injured throughout the assault,” the US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated in a press release.
“Plane from USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) medically evacuated the injured mariner to a companion drive ship close by for medical consideration,” CENTCOM stated.
“This continued reckless habits by the Iranian-backed Houthis threatens regional stability and endangers the lives of mariners throughout the Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden.”
The Houthis on Thursday stated that they had carried out assaults on three ships throughout the previous 24 hours, together with the Verbena, “in retaliation to the crimes dedicated in opposition to our folks within the Gaza Strip, and in response to the American-British aggression in opposition to our nation”.
The UK Maritime Commerce Operations (UKMTO), in the meantime, reported an explosion near a service provider vessel within the Purple Sea about 80 nautical miles northwest of Yemen’s rebel-held Hodeida port, with no injury or casualties.
CENTCOM later stated that over the earlier 24 hours it had destroyed an air defence sensor, two patrol boats, and nautical and aerial drones belonging to the Houthis.
The Houthis, who’re at battle with a Saudi-led coalition after ousting the federal government from Sanaa in 2014, have launched scores of drone and missile assaults on delivery vessels within the Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden since November.
The primary reported fatalities from the assaults on ships occurred within the Gulf of Aden in March.
On Wednesday, the Houthis struck the Tutor, a Liberian-flagged bulk provider, southwest of Hodeida. They claimed to have used seaborne and aerial drones in addition to ballistic missiles.
CENTCOM stated on the time that the Tutor had been hit by a Houthi “unmanned floor vessel” that “brought on extreme flooding and injury to the engine room”.
On Thursday, CENTCOM accused the Houthis of claiming to behave “on behalf of Palestinians in Gaza and but they’re focusing on and threatening the lives of third nation nationals who don’t have anything to do with the battle”.
The Houthis have been focusing on vessels within the Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in assaults they are saying are in solidarity with Palestinians throughout the ongoing Israel-Hamas battle within the Gaza Strip.
Though this has brought on main disruption to worldwide delivery, casualties have been uncommon.
The M/V Verbena — a Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned, Polish-operated ship — “reported injury and subsequent fires on board. The crew continues to battle the hearth. One civilian mariner was severely injured throughout the assault,” the US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated in a press release.
“Plane from USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) medically evacuated the injured mariner to a companion drive ship close by for medical consideration,” CENTCOM stated.
“This continued reckless habits by the Iranian-backed Houthis threatens regional stability and endangers the lives of mariners throughout the Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden.”
The Houthis on Thursday stated that they had carried out assaults on three ships throughout the previous 24 hours, together with the Verbena, “in retaliation to the crimes dedicated in opposition to our folks within the Gaza Strip, and in response to the American-British aggression in opposition to our nation”.
The UK Maritime Commerce Operations (UKMTO), in the meantime, reported an explosion near a service provider vessel within the Purple Sea about 80 nautical miles northwest of Yemen’s rebel-held Hodeida port, with no injury or casualties.
CENTCOM later stated that over the earlier 24 hours it had destroyed an air defence sensor, two patrol boats, and nautical and aerial drones belonging to the Houthis.
The Houthis, who’re at battle with a Saudi-led coalition after ousting the federal government from Sanaa in 2014, have launched scores of drone and missile assaults on delivery vessels within the Purple Sea and Gulf of Aden since November.
The primary reported fatalities from the assaults on ships occurred within the Gulf of Aden in March.
On Wednesday, the Houthis struck the Tutor, a Liberian-flagged bulk provider, southwest of Hodeida. They claimed to have used seaborne and aerial drones in addition to ballistic missiles.
CENTCOM stated on the time that the Tutor had been hit by a Houthi “unmanned floor vessel” that “brought on extreme flooding and injury to the engine room”.
On Thursday, CENTCOM accused the Houthis of claiming to behave “on behalf of Palestinians in Gaza and but they’re focusing on and threatening the lives of third nation nationals who don’t have anything to do with the battle”.
