The Houthis said on Tuesday they had launched a “targeted operation” using “multiple missiles” against a Greek cargo ship, warning they would continue attacks “in defense of Yemen and in solidarity with the Palestinian people.”
According to a Yemeni rebel statement signed by military spokesman Yahya Sarea, the Zograviya ship was heading towards Israel when it was struck off the coast of Yemen after “the crew refused repeated appeals […] and warning messages from the Houthi navy.
The spokesman confirmed that rebels fired “several naval missiles” at a Greek cargo ship, but flying a Maltese flag, in a new attack that the shipping company said left 24 crew members unharmed and did not cause serious damage to the ship. ship.
Tuesday’s attack, 100 nautical miles (about 185 kilometers) from the Yemen town of Salif, came a day after another similar attack on a US ship, which was also claimed by the Houthis, British private security company Ambri said.
According to the British company, the ship was heading towards the Suez Canal. This ship and other ships of the same fleet have been visiting Israel since October 7.
The Houthi spokesman reiterated that Yemeni rebels will continue to carry out attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden against ships belonging to Israel or heading to an Israeli port “until the aggression stops and the blockade on the Palestinian people is lifted.” in the Gaza Strip.
In response to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, through which about 15% of global maritime trade passes, the United States and Britain last week launched a bombing campaign against military positions of Iranian-backed Yemeni rebels and the group’s allies. Hamas.
In recent weeks, many shipping companies have chosen to avoid the Red Sea – a vital point for trade between Asia and Europe – due to attacks by the Houthis.
The conflict between Israel and Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007, was sparked by an attack by the Islamist movement on Israeli territory on October 7.
According to Israel’s latest official figures, about 1,140 people were killed that day, mostly civilians but also about 400 soldiers. Some 240 civilians and military personnel have been abducted, with Israel indicating that more than 100 remain in the Gaza Strip.
In response, Israel declared a war to “eradicate” Hamas, which began with cuts in food, water, electricity and fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip and daily bombings, followed by a ground offensive in the north of the territory, which meanwhile expanded to the south.
According to the latest report from local authorities, the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has so far killed more than 24,000 people and injured more than 59,000 people, most of them civilians, and displaced about 1.9 million people. at home (about 85 people). % of the population), according to the UN, plunging the overpopulated and impoverished Palestinian enclave into a serious humanitarian crisis.
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Source: CM Jornal
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