The Central Command of the US Department of Defense announced Sunday night that naval ships had come to the aid of a vessel in the Red Sea attacked by the Houthis from Yemen.
According to the American announcement, at around 20:30 p.m. TSANA, a container ship belonging to the Danish shipping giant Maersk was attacked with anti-ship ballistic missiles. The attacked ship allegedly flew the Singapore flag and was hit by one missile, but there were no casualties on board and it remained in a navigable condition.
According to the Americans, two missile boats arrived at the scene of the incident and assisted the attacked vessel. The American missile ship Gravelli intercepted two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis.
This is the Houthi terror group's 23rd attack on shipping in the Red Sea, according to the US Navy. The Danish company Maersk announced yesterday that despite the risk to the vessels, ships owned by the company will continue to sail in the Red Sea, thanks to the US Navy's activity in the region. Denmark said on Monday it would send a warship to the Red Sea as part of the U.S. coalition to protect freedom of navigation in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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