On 1st July, Yemen’s Houthi group announced they had conducted military operations targeting four ships in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean, expressing solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, Reuters highlights.
In a statement, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree reported that their fighters had targeted vessels “linked with the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel” using cruise missiles, achieving direct hits.
The statement detailed attacks on the Israeli ship MSC Unific in the Arabian Sea, the American oil tanker Delonix in the Red Sea, the British landing ship “Anvil Point” in the Indian Ocean, and the vessel Lucky Sailor in the Mediterranean Sea, without specifying the country associated with the latter.
The Houthis have been attacking ships that are Israeli-owned, flagged, operated, or headed to Israeli ports with missiles and drones in support of Gaza, which has faced a severe Israeli assault since October 7.
In response to US and UK retaliatory airstrikes on Houthi sites in Yemen, the Houthis announced that they now consider all American and British ships as military targets.
