The Houthi group claimed responsibility for targeting the tanker "Sounion", which is at risk of sinking with its cargo of 150,000 tons of oil in the Red Sea, in addition to targeting another commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden.
The group's military spokesman said: Yahya Saree, in a statement, on Thursday evening, said that their forces carried out two military operations in which they targeted two commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden “belonging to a company that deals with Israel, and they violated the decision to ban entry to Palestinian ports,” as he put it.
Sarie added that the operation The first targeted the “SOUNION” oil ship, while it was crossing the Red Sea, and “the hit was accurate and direct, and it is vulnerable to sinking.”
He pointed out that the second operation targeted the ship (Sw North Wind I), while it was passing through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. It was “hit directly and accurately.”
Naval sources confirmed that the first ship was hit in the attack, and that it was indeed at risk of sinking in the Red Sea with its estimated cargo of 150,000 tons of crude oil. However, so far, no information has been received to support the claims of the military spokesman. to the Houthis about the second ship being hit.
The military spokesman for the Houthi group - which is listed on the terrorist list - explained that his forces used warboats, ballistic and winged missiles, and drones to carry out the two operations.
Sari’e confirmed that his group continued to target commercial ships passing through The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, which he said “will not stop until the aggression is stopped and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.”
The European coalition forces “ASPEDS” and the United Kingdom warned of a new environmental disaster in the Red Sea, following the stranded ship. Which carries more than 150 tons of oil and has become waste materials in the sea.
In a statement by the European Union’s “ASPEEDS” mission, seen by “Al-Ain News,” the forces said that the Sounion ship lost its engine power after it was attacked by the Houthi militias in the area. South of the Red Sea.
The statement revealed that the European forces “sent a ship to rescue the crew” consisting of 25 individuals (two Russians and 23 Filipinos) to Djibouti as the closest safe port for the call.
It indicated that they were in the process of evacuating the ship’s crew It detected a Houthi patrol boat and destroyed it, stressing that “the lives of sailors and freedom on the high seas are non-negotiable values ​​and protecting them is a main goal of its mission.”