Ten Yemeni Houthi rebels killed in US shelling in Red Sea

ten rebels Houthis in Yemen They died on Sunday in Red Seaaccording to Yemeni port sources, after the US military claimed to have sunk three of its ships in response to attacks on a Danish container ship.

“Ten Houthis were killed and two injured in the US attack on Houthi ships trying to intercept a ship at sea. Hodeida“, said one of the two port sources.

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The injured were rescued and taken to hospital, and four others survived, according to port sources, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.

The US military said shortly before that it sank three Houthi rebel ships that attacked a container ship. Maersk at the Red Sea.

After Houthis will shoot at American helicopters, these “They responded in self-defense, sinking three of the four small ships and killing the crew.“, indicated the US Central Command Middle East (CENTCOM) in a statement, specifying that the fourth ship “fled the area”.

O United States Navyindicated the source, was responding to a request for assistance from “Maersk Hangzhou”, a container ship flying the flag of Singaporebelongs to Denmark and operated by that country, which said it was attacked for the second time in 24 years while sailing through the Red Sea.

The ship had already been the target of two ballistic missiles launched from Yemeni territory controlled by the Houthis, which were shot down by the US military.

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Since the conflict began between Israel It is Hamas Following the deadly attack committed by the Palestinian Islamic movement on Israeli territory, October 7ththe Houthis have attacked ships in the Red Sea on several occasions and have claimed that they do so in support of the Palestinians in Link.

These attacks, which occur on an important commercial transit route, led to U.S launch a multinational naval force at the beginning of the month to protect ships sailing in the Red Sea.

Shortly after the United States’ announcement, 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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