The Shiite Ansar Allah movement attacked an American ship in the Red Sea, Houthi armed forces spokesman Yahya Saria said on Al-Masirah TV channel.
“The naval forces, missile forces and unmanned aircraft of the Yemeni Armed Forces conducted a joint military operation using a large number of ballistic and anti-ship missiles, drones, striking an American ship,” said the spokesman for the movement.
According to him, the Houthis attacked a ship that “provided support” to the Israeli fleet. Saria added that the operation was a response to the "treacherous attack" by the US on December 31.
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Sarea stressed that the operation was a "preliminary response to a treacherous attack" by the US on December 31 when the Houthi rebels opened fire and attempted to board a container ship run by the Danish shipping company Maersk and US Navy helicopters sank three of their boats. According to the spokesman, ten members of the Ansar Allah movement were killed.
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