Seven crew rescued from cargo ship that sank in Red Sea after Houthi attack | Houthis

After the attack of the Houthi forces, seven crew members of a cargo ship sinking in the Red Sea were rescued, but at least four were killed and 14 people were still missing.

According to the security companies participating in the operation, the seven sailors from the cargo ship Ethernity C spent more than 24 hours in water before being rescued. Savior is still looking for missing crew members.

Ethernity C was first attacked with rocket -guided hand bombs fired by sea drones and Yemen -based Houthi militants in the afternoon Monday afternoon. Two security sources said on Wednesday that the ship was attacked again on Tuesday night and forced the crew to jump into the water.

There was a fear that some of the crew jumping into the water might have been kidnapped by Houthis. As the rescue efforts continued, the skifs were in the region.

Houthis claimed the responsibility of the attack by expressing solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza and saying that the ship went to Eilat in Israel. Yahya Saree, the military spokesman, said, “The sea force of the Yemeni armed forces targeted the ship.” He said.

The Iranian -backed group also demanded responsibility for a similar attack on Magic Seass, another ship on Sunday. All the crew from the magic seas was rescued before sinking.

The events indicate that Houthis’s attacks on ships in the Red Sea resumes. They began in November 2023, but in December 2024 they stopped the attacks.

Both of the attacked ships were flying the Liberian flags and were operated by Greek companies. An official at the Greek -based Naval Risk Management company Diaplous said: iz We will continue to look for the remaining crew to the last light. We aim for a peaceful operation. ”

A representative of the UK maritime trade operations, four Ethernity C crew members in the attack – a Russian and three Philippineli – said that the killed.

The crew was formed from 21 Philippine and a Russian, and there was a Greek citizen in the four armed guards of the ship.

The UK -based security firm Ambrey said that AFP has suffered bad damage to infinity C and sinking the city of Yemen Houthis under the control of Houthis.

Stopping the attacks in December, Gaza coincided with a ceasefire announcement. Houthis promised to stop attacks on everyone except Israel’s ships. The group then withdrew from the Gaza ceasefire in the mid -March of Israel, threatening to target Israel ships, which launched a US bombing campaign in Yemen.

Houthis and the United States agreed to hold a ceasefire in exchange for Houthis, who agreed to keep the transport lanes open after the US bombings in May. In late June, Houthis said they could continue attacks on Israeli ships in the Red Sea if the US chief protector hit Iran.

Donald Trump hit three Iranian nuclear facilities condemned by Houthis on June 22nd. They promised to continue their resistance.

Houthis says that Israel is aiming to oppress the ships of Israel to show solidarity with Palestinians and to end his attack on the Israeli army on Gaza.

After the attack on Sunday, Houthis said that the ships owned by Israel were a legitimate target and that they promised to continue targeting the ships affiliated to Israel until the aggression against Gaza stops and the blockade was removed ”.

Neither the magic seas nor the infinity belonged to Israel, but they were placed in the country in the past.

US Foreign Ministry spokesman Tammy Bruce, after the attack on Tuesday, said: “These attacks show that Iran -backed Houthi rebels caused navigation freedom and regional economic and sea security.”

Cosmoship Management, the operator of the Ethernity C, did not respond to requests for approval of losses or injuries.

According to sources, Greek government officials hold diplomatic talks with Saudi Arabia, a key player in the region.

Deaths were the first person with transport attacks in the Red Sea since June 2024.