On Saturday, a ship was attacked by an unknown missile in the Gulf of Aden, about 210 kilometers east of the coast of Yemen, causing a massive fire in the ship. The British Army has confirmed this. According to a report, the crew is preparing to abandon ship. The incident took place against the backdrop of attacks on ships in the Red Sea corridor by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. However, Houthi rebels have not yet claimed responsibility for this attack.
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued an alert saying, ‘A ship was attacked by an unknown missile, causing a fire. Officials are investigating. According to maritime security firm Ambrey, ‘The national flag of Cameroon is installed on the ship. This could be the Falcon ship, which is an LPG tanker. It was going from Sohar in Oman to Djibouti. Radio communications revealed that the crew was preparing to abandon ship. Search and rescue operation is going on around the ship.
The ship’s owner and operator are Indians
New York-based organization United Against Nuclear Iran had earlier described it as part of the Iranian ‘ghost fleet’, which transports oil products despite international sanctions. The owner-operator of this ship is Indian. During the Israel-Hamas war, the Houthis made global headlines by attacking ships of Israel and its allies in the Red Sea. The Houthis claimed that their move was to put pressure on Israel to stop the war.
in the red sea Houthi attack ships
Since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israeli Defense Forces came into force in the Gaza Strip on October 10, Houthi rebels have not made any claim of attacking any ship. At least four ships were sunk and nine sailors killed in Houthi attacks. This disrupted the movement of ships in the Red Sea, which carries freight worth $1 trillion annually. The latest attack by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea was on September 29 on the Dutch ship ‘Minervagracht’, in which one crew member was killed and another was injured.
Meanwhile, the Houthis have issued threats to Saudi Arabia and taken dozens of employees of UN agencies and other aid groups hostage, accusing them of being spies. The UN and other global agencies have completely rejected these allegations of Houthi rebels. The attack poses a new threat to shipping security amid tensions in the region.
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