The Houthi group announced, on Saturday morning, that a British oil tanker in the Red Sea was targeted with a number of missiles, noting that the hit was “direct.”
The military spokesman for the Yemeni Houthi group, Yahya Saree, said that the Houthis targeted the British oil ship “Pollux” with missiles in the Red Sea.
He said in a statement on his account on the
He added, “The Yemeni armed forces confirm the continuation of their military operations in the Red and Arab Bahrain against Israeli shipping or those heading to the ports of occupied Palestine until the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.”
This comes as the Houthis continue to target ships and tankers heading to and from Israel, while the US and British navies respond by bombing Houthi sites and targets on the Yemeni mainland.
Last Wednesday, the US military said that the Houthis fired 6 ballistic missiles at two ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Reuters quoted the US Central Command as saying that one of the ships reported minor damage but no casualties, and one of the ships reported minor damage but no casualties.
She added that the American ship Star Nasya, which was targeted by the Houthis, reported an explosion near it, causing minor damage but no casualties.
