The military spokesman of the Houthis, a Yemeni group linked to Iran, Yahya Saree announced that "a military operation targeted the American tanker Torm Thor in the Gulf of Aden with several missiles".
This is reported by AlMasirah, a broadcaster owned by the Houthis.
Saree added that "some American warships in the Red Sea were targeted with several drones."
The US Central Command (Centcom) says that the destroyer UssMason shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile launched in the Gulf of Aden by the Houthis which was probably aimed at the tanker.
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