Al-Masirah TV, affiliated with the Houthi group, reported that American and British aircraft launched two raids on the Al-Saleef district in Hodeidah, western Yemen.

The television said earlier Thursday that an American-British bombing targeted a government compound in Al-Jabayn District in Raymah Governorate, quoting the Arab World News Agency.

The United States and Britain direct air strikes on Houthi sites with the aim of disrupting and weakening the group's ability to endanger freedom of navigation and threaten global trade.

The British maritime security company Ambrey announced on Thursday that a commercial ship issued a distress call and reported that it had been hit by a missile about 129 nautical miles east of Aden, Yemen, while it was on its way from Malaysia to the Italian city of Venice, according to Reuters.< /p>

Embry's assessment is that the ship matches "the specifications of ships targeted by the Houthis," according to Reuters.

In another report, the British Authority announced that it had received a report about a ship being involved in an accident northeast of Hodeidah, 86 nautical miles away, and did not clarify the nature of the targeting.

The Houthis have been attacking international shipping traffic in the Red Sea since November in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians in the face of the Israeli military campaign in Gaza. The attacks caused one ship to sink while another was captured, and three sailors were killed in another attack.

On Wednesday, the Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack with a small boat and missiles that led to a Greek-owned cargo ship leaking water and sustaining damage off the Yemeni port of Hodeidah on the Red Sea.

Separately, the British Maritime Trade Operations Authority said it had received a report of an incident 98 nautical miles east of Aden as well.