Houthis claim responsibility for attack on ship off Israel’s northern coast

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June 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Houthi rebels of Yemen have claimed this Wednesday a new attack against a ship, this time the container ship MSC Manzanillo that was off the coast of the city Haifa, in northern Israel.

“Yemeni forces, together with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance, have carried out a joint military operation against the Israeli ship MSC Manzanillo in the port of Haifa, using several drones,” announced the Houthi military operations spokesman, Yahya Sari. , through your account on X.

The rebel spokesman said that they would continue to carry out their operations “in support of the Palestinian people until the aggression ceases and the siege of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.”

On the other hand, it has also reported that the projectile used in the attack against the Liberian-flagged freighter ‘MSC SARAH V’ on Tuesday night in the Arabian Sea was a “locally manufactured hypersonic missile.”

The rebels, backed by Iran, have controlled the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, and areas of the north and west of the country since 2015, and have already responded to the Israeli offensive on Gaza with more than 60 attacks against ships with some type of connection to Israel. , ensuring that they guarantee the free navigation of the rest of the ships.