Dubai: Yemen’s Houthis are not giving up their habits. Houthi rebels have once again attacked Jahal in the Gulf of Aden. It is being told that the Houthis carried out a major missile attack on a cargo ship passing through the Gulf of Aden late on Saturday night. Officials gave this information on Sunday. He said that this is probably the first attack of the group after Israel targeted Hamas leader Ismail Haniya. Haniya was considered the main financier of the Houthi rebels. However, the Houthi rebels have not yet claimed responsibility for this attack.
The Houthi rebels have not given any reason for the two-week pause in their attacks on ships passing through the Red Sea corridor. A similar pause in the attacks of Houthi rebels in the region was also seen after Israel’s retaliation on Hamas in the Gaza Strip in November last year. The attack on the cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden comes after the death of Hamas leader Haniya in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Tehran. Officials said the attack took place in a part of the Gulf of Aden, about 225 km south-east of Aden, where Houthi rebels have targeted many ships before.
The ship was attacked by a missile
According to a statement by the British Army’s ‘United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center (UKMTO), a security officer posted on the ship said the ship was targeted by a missile, but “there is no report of fire, waterlogging or oil leakage.” The UKMTO provides information about attacks in West Asia. It did not share any details of the ship that was hit by the missile attack. Private security company ‘Ambre’ also reported an attack on the cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden. He indicated that the Liberian-flagged cargo ship ‘Groton’ was targeted in the Gulf of Aden, which had left from Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. However, the Greek managers of ‘Groton’ have not yet commented on the incident.
Houthis did not take responsibility for the attack
Houthi rebels have not yet taken responsibility for the attack. They have targeted more than 70 ships in the Red Sea corridor with missiles and drones in the last few months, killing a total of four marines. Houthi rebels captured one ship and sank two others. The US-led coalition also foiled several attacks by Houthi rebels in the region. Houthi rebels say they target ships belonging to Israel, the US and Britain to put pressure on them to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, but many ships have also been attacked that have no connection with these countries.
