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US Navy helicopters sank three Houthi rebel ships in Yemen that they had attacked a container ship in the Red Sea, the army announced this Sunday. Two sources in the Yemeni port of Hodeida, controlled by the Houthis, reported the death of at least ten fighters in the shelling of the boats.
After Houthis fired at the US helicopters, they “responded in legitimate defense, sinking three of the four small ships and killing the crew”, said the United States Central Command in the Middle East (CENTCOM) in a statement, specifying that the fourth ship “fled of the area.”
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The U.S. Navy, the source indicated, was responding to a request for assistance from “Maersk Hangzhou”, a container ship flying the flag of Singaporebelongs to Denmark and exploited by that country, which claimed to have been attacked for the second time in 24 years while sailing the Red Sea.
The ship had already been the target of two ballistic missiles launched from Yemeni territory controlled by the Houthis.that the US military shot down.
Since the conflict began between Israel It is Hamas Following the deadly attack committed by the Palestinian Islamic movement on Israeli territory on October 7, the Houthis They attacked ships in the Red Sea on several occasions, claiming to do so in support of the Palestinians in Gaza.
Those ones attacksoccurring on an important commercial transit route, have led to U.S launch at the beginning of month one multinational naval force to protect ships sailing through the Red Sea.
Shortly after the announcement of U.S, the Danish company Maersk announced that it was suspending the transit of its ships through the Red Sea for 48 hours.
Source: Elcomercio
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