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The targeted ship’s captain reported seeing “explosions in the vicinity of the vessel,” according to the British military’s“The crew are reported safe and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call,” the UKMTO said.
The source of this attack is most likely to be Yemen’s Houthis rebels, who just last week attacked the Tutor, a Greek-owned ship, which eventually sank. The Iranian-backedhave escalated their attacks in the maritime corridor crucial for transporting shipping cargo in support of Hamas in the Israel-Hamas war.
The Houthis have yet to take credit for Friday’s attack, but in the past, it has sometimes taken them days to take responsibility for an attack. So far, the Houthis have been behind more than 60 attacks targeting specific vessels. Their missiles and drones have been responsible for the deaths of four sailors. Since November, the rebel group, which has maintained control of Yemen’s capital Sanaa since 2014, has sunk two and seized one ship. A rebel attack in March resulted in the Belize Rubymar carrying fertilizer to be the first to sink in the Red Sea.
“Following completion of a scheduled exercise in the Indo-Pacific, the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group will arrive in the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility to continue promoting regional stability, deter aggression, and protect the free flow of commerce in the region,” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement.
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