In a statement, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed that the destroyer was targeted early Monday morning local time after it aided the tanker ship Central Park that had been seized in the Gulf of Aden.
“The missiles landed in the Gulf of Aden approximately ten nautical miles from the ships,” it claimed in a statement.
“There was no damage or reported injuries from either vessel during this incident,” it added.
The Central Park was carrying phosphoric acid and had an international crew of 22, The Associated Press reported. It sent a distress signal prompting the US aircraft USS Mason to respond.
Earlier this month, the Yemeni Armed Forces seized a vehicle transport ship also linked to the Israeli regime in the Red Sea off Yemen.
They have threatened to attack the Israeli regime’s ships in the waters off Yemen and launched drone and missile strikes targeting the occupied territories in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli regime waged a war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas Resistance group conducted Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
Since the start of the aggression, the Tel Aviv regime has killed nearly 15,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and left vast swathes of the coastal enclave in ruins.
It has also imposed a “complete siege” on the coastal sliver, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.
SD/PressTV
