The US confirms damage to two ships due to the latest Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

June 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed this Sunday that two commercial ships have been damaged in the last 24 hours after being hit by missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, although they have not caused any casualties or serious damage.

“In the last 24 hours, the Houthis, supported by Iran, have launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into the Gulf of Aden. One of them has hit the ‘M/V Tavvishi’, a container ship Liberian flag and Swiss ownership. The ‘M/V Tavvishi’ has been damaged but has continued sailing. The second missile has been successfully destroyed by a coalition ship. No injuries have been reported among US, coalition or ships. merchants,” reads a CENTCOM statement published on its social network account X.

Likewise, it has confirmed that the cargo ship ‘M/V Nordeney’, a German ship flying the flag of Antigua and Barbados, has been hit in the Gulf of Aden by another missile, as previously reported by both the British maritime security company Ambrey such as the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKTMO) service.

The US Army has also reported the destruction of a drone in the same area, as well as three missile launch sites in Yemeni territory controlled by the insurgents.

The Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, who control the most populated areas of Yemen, have launched attacks against Israeli territory and against ships that they attribute some type of relationship with the country as a result of the offensive unleashed against the Gaza Strip after the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

Likewise, they have attacked American and British ships and other strategic assets in response to the bombings of these countries against Yemen, in an intervention that Washington and London base on their desire to guarantee the safety of navigation in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.