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US forces have destroyed an anti-ship missile that Yemen’s Houthis planned to fire into the Red Sea, US Central Command said on Platform “X” on Saturday.
U.S. forces justified the attack by deeming the missile, which was in militant-controlled territory, a threat to U.S. warships and merchant vessels on a shipping route important to global trade.
Since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian extremist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Islamist Houthi fighters have repeatedly attacked ships in the Red Sea.
A British oil tanker reportedly caught fire after a rocket attack by militants on Friday. The Houthis justify the attacks with solidarity with “Hamas”. The attacks are directed from the coast of Yemen against ships that may be linked to Israel.
One of the most important shipping routes for world trade runs along the coast of Yemen, where cargo ships from the Indian Ocean and other countries around the world enter the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal in Egypt.
US and British forces launched the first attacks against Houthi rebels earlier this month. The US then launched new airstrikes against Houthi missiles that threatened civilian ships and warships.
The Houthis have vowed to continue attacking ships.
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