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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen announced on April 25 that they had attacked a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden and fired missiles at the southernmost Israeli city of Eilat.
“We attacked the Israeli ship, MSC Darwin, in the Gulf of Aden with a number of naval missiles and drones, hitting it accurately,” Houthi military spokesman Brigade General Yahya Sarea said in a televised statement. “We also launched a number of ballistic and winged missiles towards targets in the southern Israeli city of Eilat,” he said.
The spokesman stressed that the Houthis will continue preventing all Israeli ships or those heading to Israel from transiting the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean.
“We emphasize that we will continue carrying out more attacks against targets in the Israeli city [Eilat],” Brig. Gen. Sarea added.
Before the statement, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, a detachment of the Royal Navy, reported on its website that it received a report of an attack 15 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden.
“The master reports a loud bang heard and a splash and smoke seen coming from the sea. The master reports the vessel and all crew are safe,” the agency said, adding that “military authorities” were sent to the scene to provide support.
As for the attack on Eilat, Hebrew media didn’t report any blasts or interceptions in the port city. There were also no statement from the United States Central Command.
The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have attacked dozens of vessels affiliated with Israel or owned by the U.S. and the UK in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since last November in response to the Israeli war and siege on Gaza. In addition, the group carried out several drone and missile attacks against Eilat and shot down two U.S. combat drones.
Since January, the U.S. and the UK have carried out hundreds of strikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen in an attempt to deter the group. At least 37 people were killed and 30 others were wounded in these strikes. The Houthis responded by expanding their operations to include the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.
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