The Houthi spokesman indicated that the Iranian-backed Yemeni rebels carried out four attacks during the past 24 hours: the first against the British ship “Rubimar” that ended with it “completely sinking,” and the second against a North American MQ9 “drone” that flew over the Hodeidah region, in When the rest were reported to have hit the two ships in North America.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said the attack on the British ship occurred at 8:00 pm local time about 35 nautical miles (65 kilometers) south of Moka, when “an explosion occurred very close to the ship.” “It caused damage.”
On Saturday, Yahya Sari claimed responsibility for the attack on the British oil tanker “Pollux” (which flies the Panamanian flag and is owned by Denmark) in the Red Sea, which was hit by several missiles that targeted it in a “specific and direct” manner.
On this occasion, he confirmed that the ship had been successfully hit, and stressed that military operations would continue in the region until the end of “the siege on the Gaza Strip.”
The Houthis, who are backed by Iran and have controlled the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and several regions in the north and west of the country since 2015, have launched several attacks against Israeli territory and against ships that they consider to be linked to Israel. This came in the wake of the Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip, which began following attacks carried out by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7 on Israeli territory.
In response, American forces, in cooperation with the United Kingdom, began attacks against the Houthis, in various areas of Yemen controlled by this movement, which prompted this movement to expand the scope of its operations to include ships coming from these two countries.
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