The United States also formed a multinational naval task force last month to help protect Red Sea shipping from the Houthis, who are threatening the transit route that transports up to 12 percent of global trade.
In addition to military action, Washington has tried to put diplomatic and financial pressure on the Houthis, re-designating them as a terrorist organization in early January, while previously dropping that label shortly after President Joe Biden took office. Was removed.
But Houthi attacks have continued, with the rebels saying on Wednesday that they targeted a US merchant ship bound for Israel with “multiple appropriate naval missiles that fell directly on the ship.”
Maritime security firm Ambre said a commercial ship southwest of Aden was reportedly targeted by a missile, and the ship reported an explosion on its starboard side, but did not mention its nationality.