These claims were unclear because the same report said, “no maritime incidents were detected during the past 24 hours.”
Nevertheless, the Houthis said they targeted British, American, and Israeli ships in the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea in “four attacks,” Al-Ain reported. “According to the Houthi militia, it bombed the Israeli ship MSC Unific in the Arabian Sea with ballistic missiles and claimed to have hit it accurately, while it also targeted the American oil ship Delonix in the Red Sea for the second time in a week with ballistic missiles.”
Iranian state media repeated this claim. “The Yemeni armed forces say they have carried out new operations against four ships associated with the United States, Britain, and the Zionist regime with missiles,” IRNA said. It also quoted Russia’s Tass media on this story.
The Houthis claimed to have targeted the “container ship MSC Unific VI, two oil tankers Delonix and Lucky Silver, and a cargo ship Anvil Point,” IRNA said. “At the time of the attack, MSC Unified was in the Arabian Sea, the Delonix oil tanker was in the Red Sea, the Lucky Silver oil tanker was in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Anvil Point ship was in the Indian Ocean,” IRNA alleged. The Houthis claimed this was their second attack on the Delonix. READ MORE