The statement read, “Authorities are investigating,” and “vessels are advised to transit with caution.”
A previous attack, reported 11 hours earlier by the British maritime agency, was described as two missiles in the vicinity of a vessel in the Red Sea area, 60 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s Al Hudaydah.
“The first was intercepted by coalition forces, the second impacted the water a distance from the vessel,” the UKMTO posted on X, adding “The vessel reports no damage and the crew are reported safe.”
Yemeni armed forces have been targeting cargo ships in the Red Sea owned or operated by Israeli companies or transporting goods to and from occupied Israeli-occupied territories in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been under an Israeli regime’s onslaught since Oct. 7 last year.
The Yemenis say their attacks aim to pressure the Zionist occupying regime to halt its deadly attacks on the Gaza Strip, which have killed around 33,173 Palestinians and injured over 75,815 others since an Israeli war against Gaza.
The US and UK launched airstrikes as of Jan. 12 against Yemen in retaliation for the attacks, with the Yemenis declaring that they consider all American and British ships military targets.
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