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Yemen’s Houthis ‘Strike Israeli Merchant Vessel’/’Widen attacks to Cape Route’/ ‘Test Hypersonic Missiles’

from thefreeonline on 16th March 2024 info South Front/

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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen announced on March 15 that they had struck an Israeli merchant vessel and targeted a warship of the US Navy in the Red Sea.

In a statement, the Houthi military spokesman, Brigade General Yahya Sarea, said that the group targeted the Israeli-owned “Pacific 01” vessel with a number of “suitable naval missiles” and launched several suicide drones at a U.S. Navy warship.

Earlier, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a detachment of the Royal Navy, reported two attacks against vessels in the Red Sea.

Ansarallah say 34 Yemenis have been killed so far by the illegal US bombing reprisals, while they admit the deaths of two crew members of a ship breaking the blockade, which has been extensively reported in Western media.

One of the shops was struck at least one missile , with ‘damage reported’ but was not abandoned and no crew were killed. This may have been the Pacific 01 named in the Houthi report. The British still confirm attacks but now withheld the names and origins of the vessels.

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The U.S. Central Command also said that the Houthis fired four anti-ship ballistic missiles at the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, but didn’t report any losses.

The Houthis have been attacking Israel-affiliated vessels and others owned by the United States and the UK in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since last November in response to the Israeli war and siege against the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

Recent reports even revealed that the Ansarallah military have successfully test-fired hypersonic ballistic missiles, which if confirmed would force the US Eisenhower aircraft carrier and the US specialized Spain based anti missile ships to flee the area, along with the EU and Indian warships. .

The spokesman said that the Houthis have already carried out attacks against three Israeli and U.S. vessels in the Indian Ocean, without providing any details.