Iranian-made attack drone received on Friday in the Indian Ocean ship owned by an Israeli, as a US military official announced on Saturday.
“We have been made aware of information that a Shaded 136 drone has struck a ship in the Indian Ocean”said this official to AFP, while adding that the ship was damaged by the attack, but there were no injuries.
This attack comes after threats by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels to target Israeli shipping interests in the Red Sea and ships belonging to its allies. Israel.
The Houthis announced on Sunday that they had captured in the Red Sea a cargo ship with a crew of twenty-five, owned by an Israeli businessman and chartered by a Japanese shipping group, in retaliation for the bombing of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army emphasized that it is not an Israeli ship.
The Shiite Houthi rebels control much of war-torn Yemen and are part of the “axis of resistance” against Israel, made up of groups backed by the Iran such as the Palestinian Hamas and the Lebanese Hezbollah. In recent weeks, rebels have fired drones and rockets into Israeli territory. Many of them have been intercepted by Israeli air defense systems or by US warships.
According to marine safety company Ambrey, the ship that was attacked yesterday Friday is a “Malta-flagged container ship” and the ship is operated by a French company. It is run by “a company linked to Israel (…) which explains why it was targeted.”
As the company reported, prior to the attack, communication systems that allowed this ship to be located were disrupted shortly after it left the port of Jebel Ali.
Meanwhile, Ambrey cited another warning issued today by the Houthis to an oil tanker sailing in the southern Red Sea, with the company stressing that an operation by those rebels against the vessel appeared “likely imminent”.
Ambrey pointed out that she recorded “a warning message issued by Ansar Allah (Houthi) to an oil tanker sailing 59 miles southwest of the port of Hodeidah, Yemen. The Houthis asked the tanker to change course and warned that “an attack will follow if it does not follow instructions.”according to the marine safety company.
Source: News Beast
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