{"id":67638,"date":"2024-04-26T18:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T23:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67638"},"modified":"2024-04-26T18:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T23:54:17","slug":"yemens-houthis-target-msc-ship-in-gulf-of-aden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67638","title":{"rendered":"Yemen’s Houthis target MSC ship in Gulf of Aden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DUBAI, April 25 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis said they targeted the MSC Darwin ship in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, as the Iran-aligned group resumed attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea region in solidarity with Palestinians fighting Israel in the Gaza war.<\/div>\n
The Houthis also fired a number of ballistic and winged missiles at several targets in Israel’s port city of Eilat, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech on Thursday.<\/div>\n
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The Liberian-flagged MSC Darwin VI ship was in the area of the attack, travelling between the ports of Aden and Djibouti, according to Refinitiv data.<\/div>\n
Swiss-based MSC, which operates the world’s largest container line by fleet capacity, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/div>\n
Reuters was not immediately able to confirm if<\/div>\n
that vessel was the MSC Darwin mentioned by the Houthis.<\/div>\n
The Houthis since November have attacked more than four dozen ships, taking possession of one and sinking another. The barrage of assaults had eased in recent weeks amid U.S.-led airstrikes and a sharp drop in commercial vessel voyages through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.<\/div>\n
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Earlier on Thursday, a ship’s captain reported hearing a loud bang and seeing a splash and smoke coming from the sea on Thursday around 15 nautical miles southwest of the Yemeni port of Aden, Britain’s maritime agency said.<\/div>\n
The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) added that the crew and vessel were safe and military authorities were supporting it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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