The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority announced that a commercial ship had drifted off the shores of Hodeidah Governorate. After losing control of it after its engine broke down and a fire broke out on board as a result of being targeted by three missiles.

The authority said in a statement that it had received a report of an incident occurring seventy-seven nautical miles west of Hodeidah in Yemen, and that the ship’s captain reported that two small boats had approached it, with a number of armed men on board.

The Authority reported that there was a short exchange of fire with small arms, and that the commercial ship was later hit by two shells, before a third shell hit it, and no injuries were reported.

She added that the ship drifted off the shores of Hodeidah Governorate, after losing control of it. As a result of its engine failure and a fire breaking out on board, according to the statement.

In a related context, the Authority announced that a ship was attacked fifty-seven nautical miles south of Aden.

In a related context, the Greek Ministry of Shipping announced that an oil products tanker was attacked by two small boats, which led to it being hit by three projectiles in the Red Sea, and causing damage to the ship, but without causing casualties.

For its part, the British security company "Ambry" reported that an incident had occurred in the same area, saying that the ship had come under fire from small arms from two boats.

The British Navy usually refers such incidents to attacks launched by the Houthis on ships they say are Israeli, American or British

On the other hand, the Houthis announced that US and British aircraft launched raids on the coastal province of Hodeidah on the Red Sea.

The Al-Masirah channel, the Houthi spokesman, said that the aircraft targeted the Al-Salif district in Hodeidah with three air strikes.

In response to the Houthi attacks on ships, since the beginning of this year, Washington and London began launching air strikes and missile attacks on “Houthi sites” in Yemen.