A US warship and several ships are attacked in the Red Sea, according to the Pentagon

A United States warship and several commercial ships were attacked this Sunday in the Red Sea, in the Middle East, according to the Pentagon. A Pentagon official has noted that the destroyer Carney “has shot down several drones heading in its direction from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen”

There have been no injuries.

The attack on the destroyer Carney marks a significant escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Middle East related to the war in Gaza.

This same Sunday, the British Navy reported “an attack by unmanned aerial systems” in the Red Sea, specifically in the vicinity of Bab el Mandeb, near the coast of Yemen, and urged ships sailing around the area to “take precautions.”

Also today, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, have claimed responsibility for missile and drone attacks against the cargo ships “Unity Explorer” and “Number 9” while they were transiting the Red Sea, the scene of growing tension over the war in the Gaza Strip.

The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, said in a televised speech that he had carried out “an operation against two Israeli ships” in the Bab el Mandab Strait, and identified the ships as “Unity Explorer”, under the flag of Bahamas, and “Number 9”, with the flag of Panama.