Sunday 9 June 2024
Islamabad (Urdu Point. DW Urdu. 09 June 2024) According to the reports received from the British capital London on Sunday, June 9, two missiles apparently fired by the Houthi rebels from Yemeni territory, which targeted international cargo ships. Attempts were made to build, one of them being an Antigua-flagged cargo ship.
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According to the international maritime security firm Embry, none of the crew members of the two ships were injured due to these missile attacks, but one of the ships caught fire after being hit by the missile.
According to a statement issued by Embry, the Antigua-flagged cargo ship was passing through the waters of the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen when it was hit by a missile.
"After the missile attack late at night on Saturday, June 8, the ship caught fire, but the fire was extinguished and no crew members were injured."
Meanwhile, UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), an organization managed by the British Navy, said on Sunday that a missile was fired at another ship in the Gulf of Aden from Yemeni territory last night.
Missile and drone attacks by Houthi rebels
UKMTO said that the missile did not hit its target and fell into the sea. However, at the same time, there were many small boats in this sea region, from which the ship was fired upon. No one was reported injured in this incident either.
Drone and missile attacks by Houthi rebels
The incidents of missile attacks on cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden last night were not the first of their kind.
Yemen's pro-Iranian Houthi rebels have seen dozens of such attacks over the past months.
The Houthi rebels target cargo ships in the hope that they will target Israeli-owned or Israeli-owned ships in the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip.
In addition to missiles, Houthi rebels also use armed drones for their attacks. Due to their actions, passage through the Gulf of Aden and the nearby waters of the Horn of Africa has become extremely dangerous for ships carrying international cargo.
The first fatal attack by the Houthis in the Red Sea, three people were killed and four were injured
As a result of these attacks by the Houthi rebels, instead of going through the Red Sea for commercial shipping, cargo ships take a much longer route and pass through the nearby sea area of South Africa.
Because of this, the costs of international shipping and insurance have become very high, and of concern to the major international organizations is that before the passage of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden is unprotected, about 12 percent of international commercial shipping takes place. The part used to work in the same way.
