Gunfire hits ship off Yemen: UK maritime agency
A group controlled by the British Army was attacked by armed men who fired weapons and threw rocket -guided grenades in the Red Sea on the coast of Yemen.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the tensions remained high after the Iran-Israeli Air War in the Middle East and the US-Israeli Air War and the US air strikes aimed at Iran’s nuclear areas.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said that an armed security team on board has returned to fire and “the situation continues.”
The attack took place 100 km southwest of Yemen, organized by the country’s Houthi rebels.
“The authorities are investigating,” he said.
A maritime security company Ambrey, a merchant ship was “attacked by eight skifs in the Red Sea in the north,” he said.
He said he believed the attack on.
The 5th Fleet of the US Navy, the Middle East -based fleet, referred to the command of the central command of the army, which did not respond to the request for comments immediately.
The Houthi rebels are starting missiles and drone attacks against commercial and military ships in the region, which the group leadership is defined as an effort to end Israel’s attack against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The group’s Al-Masırah satellite news channel admitted that the attack took place, but did not provide any other comment because he published a speech by secret leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi.
Between November 2023 and January 2025, Houthis targeted more than 100 traders with missiles and drones, sinking them, and killed four sailors.
This typically reduced trade flow through the Red Sea Corridor, which has goods worth $ 1 trillion (A1.5 trillion $) each year.
Houthi rebels paused the attacks on the ceasefire imposed on self -imposed ceasefire until the US started a wide attack against the rebels in mid -March.
It ended after these weeks, and Houthis did not attack a ship despite the occasional missile attacks targeting Israel.
On Sunday, the group claimed that Israel had started a missile that the Israeli army had seized.
Somalia pirates also operated in the region, but typically tried to capture ships to rob their crew or ransom.
