A picture of the US Central Command shows a ship carrying the Barbados flag being subjected to a missile attack in the Gulf of Aden (French)
The British government said that it sent the Royal Navy warship "Diamond" to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to contribute to protecting global shipping traffic, while the Houthis vowed to escalate attacks during the month of Ramadan in support of the Palestinian people.
Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said in a statement: “Britain remains at the forefront of the international response to the serious Houthi attacks on commercial ships, which have claimed the lives of international sailors.”
In another context, the Italian Defense Staff said on Tuesday that an Italian military ship operating within the European Union naval mission in the Red Sea shot down two drones.
In a statement, the authority described what was done by the destroyer "Caio Duilio" of the Italian Navy as an act of self-defense, without giving further details.
The same ship shot down another drone earlier this month.
The European Union mission in the Red Sea was launched last February to help protect the main maritime trade corridor from drone and missile attacks launched by the Yemeni Houthi group on Israeli, American and British ships, in support of the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to aggression from the Israeli occupation for more than 5 months. .
The Ansar Allah group (Houthis) targeted an American ship in the Red Sea at dawn on Tuesday with a number of missiles, and vowed to escalate the attacks during the month of Ramadan in support of the Palestinian people.
The group's military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said, "Our missiles achieved an accurate hit on the American ship (Pinocchio) in the Red Sea."
Saree vowed to escalate "military operations during the month of Ramadan in support of the Palestinian people and our mujahideen brothers in Gaza."
Source: Agencies