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Yemen’s Houthis (Ansar Allah) claimed responsibility on February 17 for an attack against what they described as a British oil tanker in the Red Sea.
“We attacked the British oil ship, Pollux, in the Red Sea with a large number of suitable naval missiles, and the hit was accurate and direct, thanks to God,” Brigade General Yahya Sarea, the Houthi military spokesperson, said in a statement.
“We confirm that we will continue launching missile attacks against Israel-linked commercial vessels and Israel-bound ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden,” he said, suggesting that his group will only stop if Israel halts its aggression on the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip.
The spokesman also stressed that the Houthis will not hesitate to expand attacks “in solidarity with the Palestinian people.”
A day earlier, the United State Department said the Panamanian-flagged Pollux had been hit on its port side by a missile launched from Yemen.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, a detachment of the Royal Navy, and British maritime security firm Ambrey also said that a tanker had reportedly been hit 72 nautical miles northwest of the Yemeni port of Mokha.
“The vessel … reportedly sustained minor damage. The crew was reported safe and unharmed,” Ambrey said in a statement.
The Pollux embarked from Russia’s Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk on January 24 and was due to discharge in Paradip, India, on February 28, according to LSEG data. The tanker is owned by Oceanfront Maritime Co SA and managed by Sea Trade Marine SA.
The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have targeted dozens of Israel-affiliated vessels and others owned by the U.S. and the UK in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 19 in response to the ongoing Israeli war and siege on the Gaza Strip, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 28,000 Palestinians.
The Pollux was the second vessel to be targeted by the Houthis in the last 48 hours. The British Lycavitos commercial ship was also attacked on February 15.
The U.S. and the UK retaliated to the Houthis repeated attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden by carrying out dozens of strikes on areas controlled by the group in Yemen. However, as evident by their latest attacks, the Houthis remain unfazed by these strikes.
egypt, jordan, saudi pro western puppets need to be overthrown. they are a disgrace to arabs
to be fair, egypt sign a peace deal with israel – ofc they both undermining it and it is a joke now. they also not allowing palestinians to be settle inside egypt and stop zionists so far from invading rafah.
jordan and ksa don’t care about palestinians… they really never did – their population (arabs) care about palestinians and that is the only reason why they “support” palestine. shia muslims helping palestinians (sunni) the most, houthis, iran, hezbollah, iraq pmus they are all shia.
shit happens. uk illegal aggression and killing in support of the zatanic genocide has consequences. thankfully no mariners killed to date by the missiles of the valorous resilient doughty moral houthis in support of seeking permanent ceasefire.
do houthi rebels really know what they are doing? or are they just hitting random ships? here’s how the business works: russia sells oil to india for usd, india produces fuel for israeli fighter jets and sells it to israel for a huge profit. if they hit the tanker before india unloads the cargo, russia won’t get paid, india won’t lose anything, and israel is rolling on the floor laughing
that literally makes no sense at all…
try again…
if your premise is correct: 1. rus won’t get paid (= result for these cowards selling oil for murderous purposes). 2. ind loses the raw materials it needs to makes a profit from assisting zio-genocide (= result). 3. fewer isr jets can take off (= result).
all in all (👍)(👍)(👍)!!!
houthis rool ok…
you are stupid.
the level of propaganda this poor fuk took in… this isn’t cope… dude lost it.
the western press was horn blowing about bombing yemen, and when that proved to be useless in stopping the blockade, the media shut the f u c k up about it… imagine that. burn baby burn…
it looks an invasion of the mountains is needed to stop the blockade. usa and uk can send troops to live train them against 24/7 guerilla warfare. and if they leave in a body bag the training was not succesful. the houthi are complaining they can see only the backs of their enemies because they are always running away!
did you hit your head? no. try hitting your head hard next time, thank you.
“british”, in other words english pigslop is being taught a lesson by the brave houthis.
forward brothers..
anglo-american-roman shit is already disgraced as the degenerates that they are.
mashallah, and again, inshallah.
go houthis!