The attack on the destroyer Carney marks a significant escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Middle East linked to the war in Gaza.
A US warship and several commercial ships were attacked in the Red Sea in the Middle East on Sunday, according to the Pentagon. A Pentagon official noted that the destroyer Carney “shot down several drones flying in its direction from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen”
No one was hurt.
The attack on the destroyer Carney marks a significant escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Middle East linked to the war in Gaza.
That same Sunday, the British Navy reported “an attack by unmanned aerial systems” in the Red Sea, specifically near Bab el Mandeb, near the coast of Yemen, and urged ships sailing around the area to “take precautionary measures “.
Also today, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, claimed responsibility for missile and drone attacks on the cargo ships ‘Unity Explorer’ and ‘Number 9’ as they sailed through the Red Sea, the scene of rising tensions over the war in the Middle East. Gaza Strip.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised address that he had carried out “an operation against two Israeli ships” in the Bab el Mandab Strait, identifying the ships as “Unity Explorer,” flying the flag of the Bahamas , and “Number 9”, with the flag of Panama.
Source: EITB
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