A U.S. Department of Defense source reported that the American destroyer "Carney" and commercial ships in the Red Sea were targeted by missile and drone attacks. The Pentagon confirmed that the missile and drone launches at the Carney destroyer did not result in any injuries or damages. Meanwhile, the "Ansar Allah" group renewed its threats to target Israeli ships in the Red Sea in response to the massacres committed in the Gaza Strip.
During a press conference, it was announced that "in implementation of the directives of the leader Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi and in response to the demands of our great Yemeni people and the calls of the free members of our Arab and Islamic nation to fully support the choices of the Palestinian people and their steadfast resistance, the naval forces of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a targeting operation against two Israeli ships in Bab-el-Mandeb, which are the "Unity Explorer" and the "Number Nine". The first ship was targeted by a naval missile and the second by a naval drone. This targeting operation came after both ships ignored warning messages from the Yemeni naval forces."
The statement emphasized that "the Yemeni armed forces will continue to prevent Israeli ships from navigating in the Red and Arab Seas until the Israeli aggression against our steadfast brothers in the Gaza Strip ceases." Israeli army radio noted that the ship that sustained slight damage in the Red Sea is partially owned by an "Israeli" company.
Israeli shipping company "Zim" announced, "We have changed our shipping routes after two ships were attacked by drones off the coast of Yemen." British maritime security company Ambrey reported that another container ship partially owned by an Israeli company was reportedly damaged by a drone attack about 100 kilometers northwest of the port of Hodeidah in northern Yemen.
The British Marine Trade Operations Authority announced today, Sunday, that it received reports of drone activity and a possible explosion in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea. Later, the company "Bernard Schulte," which manages the container ship "Number Nine," which was attacked in the Red Sea today, stated that no reports of injuries or pollution had come in after the incident and that the ship is currently sailing. The company added in a statement sent to Reuters that the Panama-flagged ship was hit by a projectile while transiting the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
The Houthi group claimed responsibility for the attack. Yemeni Ansar Allah military spokesman Yahya Saree confirmed in a press statement, "We have resumed targeting the Israeli occupation entity with painful and crushing strikes after it returned to launch its barbaric aggression on the Gaza Strip."
