According to Iran's Press TV on March 4, Yemen's Houthi group said it had launched an attack on an Israeli ship sailing in the Arabian Sea. The Houthis say this is part of their efforts to force Israel to end its aggression against Gaza.
According to the report, Yemen's Houthi spokesman Yahya Sareya said on the 4th that a number of rockets had been fired at the "MSC Sky" cargo ship, and he confirmed that it was an Israeli container ship.
Sareya said the rockets hit the ship "directly" and "very accurately." He also said the attack came after the Houthis fired drones and ballistic missiles at U.S. ships sailing in the Red Sea.
The spokesman said the two attacks demonstrated Yemen's ability to strike both ** and cargo ships sailing in the country's nearby waters.
The statement comes after reporting on a new maritime incident in the Gulf of Aden.
The report quoted a statement from the UK's Office of Maritime Operations and the British security agency Ambri that a fire broke out on a ship southeast of the Yemeni port city of Aden, caused by a fire caused nearby**.
Ambury confirmed that the vessel was "affiliated with Israel", flagged Liberia, and sailed from Singapore to Djibouti, but did not name the ship.
Maritime traffic monitoring** confirmed that the cargo ship "MSC Sky" flew the Liberian flag and appeared in the Gulf of Aden on the 4th. (Compiled by Wu Mei).
*: Refer to the news network.