Houthi Group Announces Targeting of British Commercial Ship in Red Sea

The Yemeni Houthi group announced today, Thursday, that its naval forces targeted a "British commercial ship" in the Red Sea as part of a campaign to disrupt vital shipping lines in protest against the Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian Gaza Strip. The U.S. Central Command stated in a statement today that two anti-ship ballistic missiles were launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen, suspecting that their target was the ship Kwei in the Red Sea. They added, "The missiles fell into the water without hitting the ship," noting that there were no recorded injuries or damage to the Liberian-flagged cargo ship or coalition vessels in the area.