Yemen\u2019s Houthis said on Wednesday that they had targeted a US warship and a vessel called \u201cDestiny\u201d in the Red Sea, part of an ongoing campaign of attacks that the Iran-backed group says is designed to show solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
\nIn a televised speech, the Houthis\u2019 military spokesman Yahya Sarea said they had targeted an American destroyer called \u201cMaysun\u201d in the Red Sea with a number of \u201cappropriate naval missiles.\u201d
\nThe Houthis targeted the vessel Destiny because it had been en route for the Israeli port of Eilat on April 20, Sarea added.
\nSarea did not specify the dates when the two ships were targeted. Media could not independently verify the Houthis\u2019 claim of having hit the two vessels.
\nMonths of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have disrupted global shipping, forcing firms to re-route to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa, and stoked fears that the Israel-Hamas war could destabilize the wider Middle East.
\nThe United States and Britain have carried out strikes against Houthi targets in response to the attacks on shipping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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