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On January 3, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen announced that they had “targeted” a cargo ship that was sailing through the Red Sea towards Israel.
Brigade General Yahya Sari, a spokesman for the Houthis, said in a video statement aired by the Sanaa-based Al Masirah TV that the ship, CMA CGM Tage, was attacked after ignoring warnings.
“The operation came after the ship’s crew refused to respond to calls from our forces, including fiery warning messages,” he said.
The Houthis, who control much of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, are a part of the so-called Axis of Resistance that is backed by Iran and opposes Israel.
The group has fired several missiles and drones at the southernmost Israeli city of Eilat since the beginning of the Israeli war on the Palestinian Gaza Strip. It also assaulted a number of Israeli-related ships and announced a blockade on all ships heading to Israel.
Brig. Gen. Sari stressed in his statement that the Houthis will continue to prevent Israeli ships or those heading to Israel from sailing in the Red Sea and Arab Sea until food and medicine aid are allowed to enter the Gaza Strip.
He also warned that “any United State attack [against Yemen] will not pass without a response or punishment” by the Houthis.
In response to the Houthis’ claims, French container shipping giant CMA CGM SA said in a statement that “the vessel did not suffer any incident” and was sailing through the Red Sea toward the port of Alexandria, at the northern end of Egypt’s Suez Canal.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a British naval detachment, reported that a vessel came under attack at around the time the CMA CGM Tage would have been passing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
UKMTO didn’t name the carrier. However, it said there were reports of up to three explosions one to five nautical miles from a merchant carrier.
Later, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on X, previously known as Twitter, that “Iranian-backed Houthis fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen into the southern Red Sea.” It added that multiple commercial ships in the area reported the impact of the missiles into the surrounding water though none reported any damage.
This was the 24th attack by the Houthis against merchant shipping in the southern Red Sea since November 19, according to CENTCOM.
The U.S. responded to recent Houthi attacks by launching Operation Prosperity Guardian on December 18 to “ensure the safety of maritime traffic” in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab and Gulf of Aden.
On December 31, helicopters of the U.S.-led coalition sank three boats of the Houthis that attacked a container ship off Yemen’s shores, killing at least ten fighters. The deadly engagement heightened tensions between Washington and the Houthis.
the houthis are mostly peace protesters in effect, they are calling for an end to military action from israel and block israeli linked shipping, but warnings are given so there is no danger to those that respect this. perhaps they could get some people to wave banners and placards around foreign embassies or something to emphasize this for pr purposes.
well houthi enemy is the same as the black man enemy. same as chinese. same as russian. in fact same as the whole world. the british and american white man along with his european allies
bullshit ! it is jews – that’s the satanic energy drive behind all the sickening shit happening on earth. jews, their talmudic satanic law and their money-centralbanking system as well as their control over the medias. look it up – before blaming the victims of the jews for the crimes the jews committed in their name. usa & uk, canada, australia same as germany, sweden and russia are not run by the native people but by jews !!!
that may well be. but the fact remains those very people take the money. they could choose not to cooperate, but as politicians they are gutless traitors. they will take the money, they will do dirty deeds for their owners and they will work tirelessly to promote everything they demand. those who don’t? they quit or are attacked, but their morality and honor is intact.
they oppose my homosexual values and right to rape 7 yr boys
what’s that stink ass fucking homos with shit on theirs dicks very smelly.
but it’s ok for the us, which has breached the acceptable standard of conduct between states, and is engaging in an illegal economic blockade of the republic of cuba, which is ongoing to this day. the unga has over whelmengly objected to this but has been voted against by two countries on a regular basis. 184 against the embargo and 2 for the embargo. the us and israel. gee! isn’t that a shocker!
venezuelan criticism of israel is what got them sanctioned to hell. everything was good until then. good ole peace loving diaper don even gave them a new president they didn’t even know. criticism of israel is a no no and those owned traitors are only too happy to do their duty for israel. tom cotton is an example.
in the western rules based order the zionists make the rules try to kill anyone who opposes them.. then suffocate us with political correctness and propaganda to justify their crimes
yes, very true – but it is not limited to “zionists”. trick of jews is always to hide behind different names, shields & camouflages. bolshewism, communism, zionism, ukraine-zelensky jew led fake-nationalism, freemasonary, feminism, multiculturalism, us-neocon, uk-anglo-saxon system (boe rothchild) etc.
..it’s all jews & satanic jewish led artificial constructs. watch southpark – resp. type “southpark chefkoch 3-fuffzig monster” into google, to understand how the jew (monster) does the trick again & again.
yes, as jesus was god in the flesh, the jews are satan in the flesh.
if there were no jews i the history of man then the world would be a utopia.
and slowly human kind is slowly killing off the filthy jew and when the jew is no more the beginning of a beautiful earth will begin
boy, the hasbara hates you. badge of honor.
hosíovia by mali američanom oplatiť rovnakou mincou. prosto im dať na vedomie, aby sa do nich nesrali. inak to bude mať obrovské následky. už by sa mohli konečne spojiť proti darebáckemu štátu usa a vypratať ich z blízkeho východu. pipku majú na nich afganistan, líbya, sýria, irak, irán, palestína a tiež kopa iných. dokonca lezú krkom už aj turecku.
presne tak beťár. lezú už na nervy každému kto trochu sleduje geopolitiku. amerika – zhnitý satan. čoskoro padne celé hnusa na hubu aj s ich israhellom aj vazalskou eu. čím skôr tým lepšie pre celý svet.
islam mentality: marry underaged girls as young as seven years old. marry another eight more.
the us is sinking houthi boats. the houthis should respond in kind.