The Houthis announced an attack on the US ship USS Lewis B. Puller in the Gulf of Aden. writes about this TASS.
Amid the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yemen’s Houthi rebels began attacking commercial and military ships in the Red Sea in early October 2023. Unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles are used for these purposes.
Houthis allegationHe said they only target ships calling at Israeli ports or ships whose owners have ties to Israel. However, their actions began to impede international shipping.
A number of companies announcedHe said that they will no longer send their ships through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea and is an important shipping route for the world.
On the night of January 12, 2024, with the support of the USA and the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia and Bahrain. applied Major attacks were carried out on Houthi targets in Yemen. US President Joe Biden named This move is a direct response to Houthi attacks on foreign ships.
Formerly Houthis announced It concerns the intention to attack merchant shipping in the Red Sea every 12 hours.