Sanaa, Feb 16
jin88bet.oneYemen’s Houthi group has claimed responsibility for attacking a British ship in the Gulf of Aden with several missiles.
ak168app.baby“We carried out a military operation against a British ship, Lycavitos, while it was sailing iak168app.clubn the Gulf of Aden,” Yahya Sarea, the Houthi military spokesman, said in a statement aired by the group’s al-Masirah satellite TV channel on Thursday.
The Houthis launched several missiles that hit the ship “directly and acks168app.sitecurately”, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Sarea.
The Barbados-flagged ship Lycavitos was sailing in the Indian Ocean to the east of Aden when it was hit by a missile strikeic88, said a Yemeni government coast guard official who required ic88anonymity.
Preliminary information indicated the vessel sustained minor damage from a fragment that struck the diesel generator’s pipe, causing a diesel leak, the official said. All crew members were unharmed in the incident.
ic88Earlier in the day, the UK Maritime Operations Authority said it received a report of an explosion around 85 nautical miles east of Aden. The ship’s captain reported that the crew members were all safe as the ic88ship headed toward its next port.
“We will colr88ntinue to attack Israel-linked ships or those heading to Israeli ports in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden until the aggression on Gaza stops and the siege on the Palestinian people is lifted,” Sarea said in the statement.
“We are in the process of taking further military measures ilr88n response to the American-British aggression on our country and confirming our practical position to support the Palestinian people,” he added.
Meanwhile, the US and British forces on Thursday condulr88cted new airstrikes on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, the TV channel reported.
The airstrikes hit the area of al-Jah in the district of Bayt al-Fop88aqih, south of Hodeidah, and the Al-Jabanah area in the northern part of the port city, the report said, without providing more details.
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