The Houthi her Yemeni yesterday Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack against cargo ship in Red Seathe day after a multinational naval force announced that a Panamanian-flagged ship had been targeted by two missiles that exploded a short distance away.

“The Yemeni armed forces conducted a targeted operation against the ship Anadolu S in the Red Sea,” announced Yahya Sharia, the Houthi spokesman for the military affairs of the rebels described as close to Iran.

He added that the attack, during which the boat was hit “directly” and with “precision”, was decided because the crew of the truck did not respond “to the warnings of the naval forces” of the Houthis.

Earlier in the day, the Joint Maritime Intelligence Center (JMIC), which runs a multinational naval alliance involving the US and European countries based in Bahrain, reported that on Sunday, “the ship Anadolu received a radio call from an alleged Yemeni authority, which he ordered it to stop its course northward. The ship didn’t pay attention and continued on its course.”

According to the same source, a little later, “a security officer of the company notified that a missile landed about 3 meters from the stern” of the ship.

The day before Monday, the master reported a “second missile attack” that landed “about one nautical mile from the vessel’s full complement,” according to the JMIC, which clarified that the vessel and crew are “safe” and “safe.”

The ship was carrying cargo destined for Israel, according to the center.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have been launching attacks off Yemen against ships they believe are linked to Israel, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where the war between Israeli forces and Hamas continues.

Their attacks caused a huge problem in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, a sea area crucial to global trade, pushing the US to form a multinational naval coalition and then, from January, to begin hitting Houthi positions or weapons systems in Yemen, in operations that are sometimes conducted jointly with Britain.