The rebel military spokesman, Yahya Saree, explained in a statement that the attack in the Indian Ocean targeted the American ship “Largo Desert,” an oil tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, and the Israeli ship “MSC Michela,” a container carrier. A ship flying the Portuguese flag.
He also referred to an attack in the Red Sea against the ship “Minerva Lisa”, another oil tanker flying the Liberian flag, and accused it of “violating the ban” announced by the rebels on docking in Israeli ports.
Regarding the attack on North American ships, also in the Red Sea, Saree indicated that the operation “was successful,” but he did not give details of the results or the weapons used.
He reiterated that operations against commercial ships sailing in international waters will continue “until the end of the aggression and the end of the harassment to which the Palestinian people are exposed in the Gaza Strip.”
Last week, the rebels claimed to have fired missiles at the ship “Essex”, in their first attack in Mediterranean waters, accusing an Israeli port of being their final destination.
Since November 19, the Houthis have launched more than a hundred attacks in the Red Sea, in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, causing severe disruptions to international maritime trade and leading to military intervention in Yemen by the United States and the United Kingdom. .
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