Lebanese Al-Mayadeen news network reported citing a televised statement released by Brigadier General Saree, the spokesman of the Yemeni military that “In support of our Palestinian people, amid their grave plight, who are currently facing death, destruction, and siege in the Gaza Strip, and in response to the calls of the free people of Yemen and the free people of our Umma, the naval forces have executed a top-tier military operation against the Norwegian ‘Strinda’ ship.”
The Norwegian-flagged ship had been loaded with oil and was sailing towards the ports of the Israeli occupying regime, he added.
The Yemeni Armed Forces succeeded in the past two days in enforcing the ban they had declared earlier this week without the need for military action.
The statement emphasized that the “Strinda” oil tanker was only targeted with a missile after the crew rejected all warning calls.
“The Yemeni armed forces will not hesitate to target any ship that violates the directions in previous statements,” he stressed.
Prior to the Yemeni statement, the US CENTCOM stated that “the Motor Tanker STRINDA was attacked by what is assessed to have been an Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM)” launched from an area of Yemen controlled by Yemeni Sana\a government while passing through Bab al-Mandab Strait.
On Sunday, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced the introduction of a new decision in support of Gaza, which will see the prohibition of all ships en route to the occupation entity, regardless of their nationality, from passing through the Arabian and Red seas until food and medicine sufficient to the needs of the population enter the besieged Strip.
This comes alongside other attacks claimed by Yemen against Israeli targets, including the launch of long-range cruise missiles and attacking drones on several occasions, as well as ballistic missiles at “Eilat” located in the southernmost region of occupied Palestine.
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