Yemen’s Houthis mentioned on Tuesday that they’d mounted six assaults on ships with drones and missiles within the final 72 hours within the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.
The Houthis attacked the Maersk Saratoga, APL Detroit, Huang Pu and Pretty Lady after figuring out them as both U.S. or British, based on a press release from the group’s army spokesperson Yahya Sarea.
Sarea added that the group additionally attacked two U.S destroyers within the Red Sea in addition to Israel’s metropolis of Eilat.
It was not instantly clear which if any of the targets have been struck by the drones or missiles.
(Reuters – Reporting by Ahmed Elimam and Clauda Tanios; enhancing by Andrew Heavens and Jason Neely)