‘A United States destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward it in the Red Sea’ said officials.
Indian Navy released images of it fighting a fire aboard a container ship earlier targeted by the Houthis. The assault targeted the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that has been associated with the American campaign against the rebels who have launched attacks over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The U.S. military’s Central Command said, ‘The Houthi attack involved bomb-carrying drones and one anti-ship ballistic missile’.
The attack was acknowledged by Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesman. He claimed its forces targeted two American warships, without elaborating.
‘The Houthis will not stop until the aggression is stopped and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted’, said Saree.
Saree did not acknowledge the later U.S. airstrikes. The Houthis have not offered any assessment of the damage they’ve suffered in the American-led strikes that started in January, though it has said at least 22 of its fighters have been killed.
The rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea and surrounding waters over the Israel-Hamas war since November.
Those vessels have included at least one with cargo bound for Iran, the Houthis’ main benefactor, and an aid ship later bound for Houthi-controlled territory.
Despite more than a month and a half of U.S.-led airstrikes, Houthi rebels have remained capable of launching attacks.
They include the attack last month on a cargo ship carrying fertilizer, the Rubymar, which sank on Saturday after moving slowly for many days, and the downing of an American drone worth tens of millions of dollars.
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