Yemen’s Armed Forces announce carrying out strikes against three ships violating the country’s ban on sailing towards the ports of the occupied Palestinian territories, Press TV reported.
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the forces’ spokesman, made the announcement in a televised statement on Monday.
“The ship SC Montreal was targeted in the southern Arabian Sea with two drones,” he said, adding that another vessel, identified as ”Maersk Kowloon,” was targeted in the Arabian Sea with a cruise missile.
“The ship Motaro was targeted in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab with several ballistic missiles,” he added.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), meanwhile, reported that a ship had been struck 25 nautical miles south of the Red Sea port city of al-Mukha in southwestern Yemen.
Yemen forces have been conducting hundreds of strikes against ships sailing towards or away from the ports of the occupied territories, besides hitting numerous targets lying across the territories since October last year.
The operations began after the Israeli regime embarked on a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, tightened its already stifling siege on the coastal sliver, and notably escalated its deadly attacks against Lebanon.
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