Ballistic missiles in a military parade by the Houthi group earlier (Reuters)
The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority said on Monday that it had received a report of an attack targeting a cargo ship 71 nautical miles southwest of Saleef, Yemen.
In turn, Embry Maritime Security Company confirmed that it was informed of an incident related to a missile west of the Yemeni city of Hodeidah on the Red Sea coast.
The Houthis have been attacking Israeli ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since last November, in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to Israeli aggression since last October 7.
After its sites were exposed to American and British raids, the Houthi group expanded the scope of its targets, and began targeting military and commercial ships owned by these two countries.
Last Saturday, the Houthi group announced the implementation of two military operations against an American ship and destroyers.
The group's military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said - in a speech - that the group's naval forces and air forces carried out "two qualitative military operations. The first targeted the American ship Propel Fortune in the Gulf of Aden with a number of suitable naval missiles, while the second operation targeted a number of American war destroyers." In the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, with 37 drones.
He stressed that Houthi operations will continue until the aggression against the Gaza Strip stops.
The US Central Command said that, with the participation of the allies, it thwarted a large-scale attack by the Houthis in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden region, and confirmed that it confronted a large-scale attack by them in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at dawn on Saturday, and shot down at least 18 drones in the Red Sea.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies