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Houthis have attacked 162 vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas since November 2023
2024-07-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Houthi movement Ansar Allah has attacked a total of 162 vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas since November last year, said the movement's leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi.
It’s so cute that they (and the Russian reporter) only count how many they shot off, and not how many actually hit anything other than water… not to mention the very, very few that actually caused significant damage.
According to the leader of Ansar Allah, over the past week, six ships were attacked using ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones and boats.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, the Houthis began attacks on ships linked to Israel and its allies in the fall of 2023, after the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, in order to support the Palestinian Hamas movement. In January 2024, the US and Great Britain began retaliatory strikes on the positions of the Yemeni movement.

On June 29, the movement was reported to have attacked four commercial vessels in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. At the time, Ansar Allah military spokesman Yahya Saria said the Houthis had launched a ballistic missile attack on the Delonix oil tanker. The UK Navy's Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) said the vessel, which was 150 nautical miles northwest of Yemen's port of Hodeidah, was undamaged in the attack.

The Houthis also attacked the Ioannis in the Red Sea, the Waler oil tanker and the Johannes Maersk in the Mediterranean. There were no reports of any consequences from the strikes.

On June 26, Yahya Saria said the Houthis had attacked the Israeli ship MSC SARAH V in the Arabian Sea for the first time with a hypersonic missile. The following day, the Houthis attacked the Israeli city of Haifa and the Seajoy in the Red Sea using drones, missiles and an unmanned boat.

Posted by:badanov

#1  Kinda like shooting fireworks into a crowd, hoping for a hit.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-07-05 15:31  

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