The US military said Wednesday that a Houthi attack on a cargo ship killed three crewmembers and wounded four, marking the first casualties in the Houthi operations against commercial shipping that were launched in response to the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza.
US Central Command said a Houthi ballistic missile hit the M/V True Confidence, a Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned bulk carrier. The Houthis took credit for the attack and said the ship was American-owned, but the True Confidence’s owner and manager said in a statement there was “no current connection with any US entity.”
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said Yemeni forces “struck the US ship in the Gulf of Aden, which caused a fire to break out.” He said the “operation was carried out after the crew of the American ship rejected warning messages from the Yemeni naval forces.”
In response to the reports of civilians being killed, Houthi officials said they don’t intentionally target crew members. “We do not intentionally harm the crews of ships belonging to enemy countries, so we ask them to return and warn them not to cross,” Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of Ansar Allah’s political bureau, wrote on X.
“America and Britain’s insistence on the continuation of genocide in Gaza, the starvation of its population, and its aggression against Yemen is what led to this dangerous escalation,” al-Bukhaiti added.
Later on Wednesday, Yemeni media reported that US and British strikes targeted an airport in Yemen’s Hodeidah province, which is on the Red Sea. The new US bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen has killed at least one civilian and wounded 10 others in February.
According to the Yemen Data Project, one civilian was killed, and seven were injured in a US strike on a telecommunications site, two were wounded in a strike on a pesticide factory, and one was injured in a strike on a farm. The US has killed at least 17 Houthi fighters since it began bombing Yemen on January 12.
The US has a long history of killing civilians in Yemen in its drone wars, and the US backed a brutal Saudi-UAE war against the Houthis from 2015-2022. The war and blockade on Yemen killed at least 377,000 people, and more than half died of starvation and disease caused by the siege.
The new US war against the Houthis has only escalated the situation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, as the Houthis are now targeting American and British commercial shipping. The Houthis were initially only targeting Israel-linked commercial shipping and have made clear the only way they’ll stop is if the siege on Gaza comes to an end.
The Yemani Navy is only blockading Israeli linked ships. Free passage to all ships that are not Israeli linked.
Yemen has stated over and over again that the moment the genocide stops in Gaza, the blockade will be lifted for Israeli ships.
“no current connection with any US entity.” Says there is a lot left unsaid to me. So many questions! Like: Was it before? How do you define “any US entity?” Was it Israeli? Was it transporting supplies to Israel?… But could it be my stupidity showing itself here?
Do a little research and you will get answers to your questions.
And yet this ship had no links to Israel.
Lies
Yes, “The Yemani Navy is only blockading Israeli linked ships” is a lie.
Assessed in the context of modern history and the overall scheme of things, Houthi behavior looks like a fairly-restrained use of force in service to that famous “responsibility to protect.”
If the situation was reversed, the US would have called it “the collateral Damage”…!
If nobody steps up to stop Israeli Terrorist, the Houthis may be the only group brave enough to at least try. It makes me sick to think that Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc., with all their weapons, haven’s stomped on Tel Aviv, stomped on the illegal settlements. If the ME only has groups like the Houthis to defend innocent Arab Lives, what kind of future do Arabs have. It is time for Arab Nations, to explain to the Arab People, why they are doing NOTHING!
Something called the Sampson Option.
I doubt it they would try for it other than existential threat not for support of genocide. If they have that much of a icchi trigger finger their weapons will be destroyed.
What is preventing the Arabs from acting is cowardice
That may be true, but who will destroy their weapons?
“What is preventing the Arabs from acting is cowardice” No, the Arab nation are not acting because it is not in their best interested.
No they r not acting because they fear us will conduct regime change.
This is not about acting on the best interest of the state but the ruling elite not the same thing
You need to study the Middle East more to understand why all those Arab nations do nothing. The Arabs nation tried three times in the past and did not work out for them. So why would they go to war against Israel this time? Israel is very powerful and they are back by the USA. Your war that you want is not going to happen.
They don’t want to go to war with the United States.
The Houthis had actually rescued people from sinking ships before
https://rumble.com/v4hhfgo-corporate-journalists-try-to-smear-me-for-telling-truth-about-yemen-.html
If you intend to lie, lie intelligently… Otherwise STFU…!
US Says Three Crewmembers Killed in Houthi Attack on Commercial Ship.
But but that’s too much killing by the Houthis so here comes the subheading:
Recent US and British airstrikes in Yemen have killed at least one civilian and wounded ten others
Dave DeCamp heading & subheading combo are so unique you can always set him apart form other authors.