The British Navy's Trade Operations Authority said on Thursday that it had received a report from a ship in the Bab al-Mandab Strait that an explosion had occurred 50 meters away from it.

The authority did not give further details about the explosion, but advised ships to be cautious and to report any suspicious activities.

The authority announced, earlier today, on its account on the “X” platform (formerly Twitter) that it had received a report stating that an entity identifying itself as the “Yemeni Navy” had ordered a ship to change its course towards Yemen. Shortly before that, the authority stated that the authorities were investigating an incident in the vicinity of Bab al-Mandab off the coast of Yemen, and then later announced that it had received reports of another incident in the Arabian Sea.

The authority had also received a report yesterday, Wednesday, stating that a commercial ship was being chased by a small armed boat west of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah overlooking the Red Sea, adding that the boat had three gunmen on board who exchanged fire with the ship’s security crew using light weapons, then left. Region.

The US Central Command announced, earlier on Thursday, that one of its destroyers responded to a distress call from a tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands in the Red Sea, yesterday, Wednesday, indicating that it had been attacked by the Houthis, but the attack failed and the American ship shot down a drone that targeted it.< /p>

The Central Command added in a statement on its account on the "X" platform (formerly Twitter) that Houthi fighters tried to board the tanker via boats, but they failed.

The statement stated that after failing to control the ship, the Houthis fired two missiles from their areas of control in Yemen at the tanker, but they were unable to hit it.