A Norwegian-flagged tanker was assaulted Monday in the Red Sea amidst a boost in Houthi attacks on industrial vessels in the area over Israel’s war versus Hamas in Gaza. Image by Houthis Media Center/EPA-EFE
Dec. 12 (UPI)– A rocket released from a Houthi-controlled location of Yemen struck an industrial oil tanker in the Red Sea where there has actually been a boost in attacks by the Iran-backed rebels over Israel’s war versus Hamas.
U.S. Central Command stated the Norwegian-flagged STRINDA tanker was struck at about 4 p.m. Monday by an anti-ship cruise rocket as it was travelling through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait in between Yemen and Djibouti and Eritrea where the Red Sea satisfies the Gulf of Aden.
“The STRINDA reported damage triggering a fire onboard, however no casualties at this time,” U.S. Central Command stated in the declaration.
“There were no U.S. ships in the area at the time of the attack, however the USS Mason reacted to the M/T STRINDA’s mayday call and is presently rendering help.”
Yemen has actually been called “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis” due to the requirement developed by the approximately years of war in between the Houthi rebels and the globally acknowledged federal government of Yemen,