Houthis attack US ship in the Gulf of Aden.
A spokesperson for the Yemeni resistance movement said the action was in response to attacks by the US and the UK.
TASS - Yemeni Houthis fired anti-ship missiles at a US vessel, the Chem Ranger, in the Gulf of Aden, said Yahya Saria, spokesman for the Yemeni resistance movement.
"Yemeni naval forces conducted an operation in the Gulf of Aden, during which a US ship, the Chem Ranger, was attacked with several anti-ship missiles," Saria said in a live broadcast on the Houthi-owned Al Masirah television channel.
He said that one of the missiles hit the vessel directly.
Saria said the attack was in response to US and UK attacks on facilities belonging to the Ansar Allah resistance movement in Yemen.
According to the Marine Traffic service, which provides real-time information on ship movements and current locations, the Chem Ranger is a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel transporting chemicals from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Kuwait.
UK Maritime Trade Operations said at least two incidents occurred off the coast of Yemen on Thursday night. The first attack occurred about 85 nautical miles southeast of the Yemeni city of Ash Shihr.
Meanwhile, Ambrey, a UK-based maritime security company, said four unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) approached and circled a US-owned Marshall Islands-flagged tanker approximately 87 miles southeast of Mukalla, Yemen.
Another incident occurred 115 nautical miles southeast of the Yemeni port of Aden. According to Ambrey, drones also approached a tanker flying the Marshall Islands flag.
Following the escalation of Israel's war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on October 7th of last year, the Houthis warned that they would launch attacks on Israeli territory, while also prohibiting ships associated with the Israeli state from passing through the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait until Tel Aviv ceased its military operation. According to estimates from the U.S. Department of Defense Central Command (CENTCOM), the Yemeni resistance group has attacked more than 20 civilian vessels and ships in the Red Sea since mid-November 2023.