The British Navy warned this Tuesday about a new “incident” in the Red Sea, in a veiled allusion to a new Houthi attack, which if confirmed would be the second in the space of a few hours, and after new threats from the top leader of the pro-Iranian insurgent group to increase attacks in the important sea route.
The British Navy's Commercial Maritime Operations (UKMTO) said in its X account that “has received a report of an incident 50 nautical miles south of Aden”, a port city located in southern Yemen.
UKMTO asked that vessels transiting that route do so with caution and report “any suspicious activity.”
The British Navy reported last morning of an attack against a commercial ship, supposedly British, in the Red Sea, off the coast of Yemen, which has left slight damage, but no victims.
The top spiritual leader of Yemen's Houthi rebels, Abdelmalek al Huti, pledged to a message broadcast through a video link, to increase the attacks of that Shiite group, backed by Iran in the Red Sea if Israel does not end its military operation and the siege of the Gaza Strip.
Containers from the Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk. Yemeni rebels attacked one of their merchant ships.
Al Huti confirmed, as proof of his threat, that his group attacked a British merchant ship and another American ship with naval missiles this Tuesday while they were sailing in the important sea route.
These new threats came a few hours after the group's military spokesman, Yehya Sarea, stated that its fighters attacked with “appropriate naval missiles” a ship from the United States and another from the United Kingdom, “with precise and direct impact,” in the Red Sea.
EFE
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