Army Spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on Sunday that the US attacked three boats in the Red Sea earlier in the day and killed ten Yemeni armed forces, stressing that Washington would suffer from the consequences of targeting the vessels, Al-Masirah news network reported.
According to Saree, the Yemeni boats were in the Red Sea to conduct a military operation against Maersk Hangzhou vessel that was heading for the ports of the occupied Palestine. He said that the vessel was targeted after its crew did not respond to the Yemeni army’s warnings.
The Yemeni army spokesman advised all countries not to be dragged into US plots, stressing that American forces’ actions to protect Israeli ships in the Red Sea would not stop the Yemeni army from supporting the people of Gaza.
Earlier on Sunday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that helicopters from two American warships shot at Yemeni boats while responding to a distress call from the Singapore-flagged vessel Maersk Hangzhou.
CENTCOM said that three of the boats were sunk and several of their crews were killed, Al Jazeera reported.
Yemeni armed forces have in the past weeks conducted attacks on Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea in retaliation for the regime’s crimes in Gaza. The armed forces say the attacks will continue until the regime stops its crimes and allows food and medicine into Gaza. The US has formed an international coalition to confront the Yemeni attacks.
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