Maersk Ship Attacked Off Yemen As Danish Liner Giant Orders Tankers To Avoid Red Sea
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis are determined to disrupt all international shipping through the Red Sea as retaliation for Israel's Gaza operation and the West's support of Israel. After a string of incidents, including further Houthi militant attempts to hijack shipping vessels, the British Maritime Trade Authority says it has received a report that a ship in the Red Sea witnessed an explosion off the coast of Yemen. Soon after, the Pentagon said a missile was fired from Yemen on a nearby container ship.
"A missile fired from territory controlled by the Houthis in Yemen missed a container ship traveling through the crucial Bab al-Mandeb Strait on Thursday, a US defense official said, the latest attack threatening shipping in the crucial maritime chokepoint," as cited in the Associated Press.
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