US says rocket introduced an 'imminent danger' to merchant ship and US Naval force vessels in the region.
The US
military says it obliterated a Houthi antiship missile in Yemen that was
pointed into the Red Ocean and prepared to launch after the Iran-aligned group
went after an English oil big hauler in the Gulf of Aden.
The missile
"presented an imminent threat to trader vessels and the US Naval force
ships in the region", the US Headquarters said on Saturday in a
proclamation on X.
The Houthi
group has launched drones and missiles at delivery in the Red Ocean since
November 19 in light of Israel's tactical tasks in Gaza.
The US
assault followed a strike by the Houthi rebels on an English fuel big hauler on
Friday night.
The Marlin
Luanda, possessed by the Singapore-based Trafigura exchanging firm, was harmed
however no wounds were accounted for and the US Naval force transport USS
Carney was giving help, the US military said.
"The
group is continuing with attempts to control the fire in one of the boat's
cargo tanks with assistance from military vessels. The security of the team
remains our most extreme need," Trafigura said in an update.
Houthi
military representative Yahya Saree, in a broadcast proclamation, guaranteed
liability regarding the assault, saying its powers will keep on going after
ships in the Red Ocean until Israel's "hostility" against
Palestinians in Gaza stops.
Al Masirah,
a Houthi-run satellite news station, covered Saturday that the US and the
United Kingdom lauched two air strikes that hit the port of Ras Issa, Yemen's
main oil export terminal, in Hodeidah territory.
Houthi
assaults have so far been gathered in the limited waterway of Bab el-Mandeb,
which associates the Gulf of Aden to the Red Ocean. Approximately 50 boats sail
through the waterway day to day, going to and from the Suez Channel - a key artery
for worldwide sea exchange.
Some of the
world's biggest delivery organizations have suspended operations in the region,
rather sending their vessels on the longer route around the Cape of Good in South Africa, easing back exchange among
Asia and Europe.