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The missile fired yesterday hit the Gibraltar Eagle, a bulk carrier owned by a U.S. company and flagged to the Marshall Islands, that had been sailing in the Gulf of Aden, south of Yemen.
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Houthi fighters fired a missile on Monday at a U.S.-owned cargo vessel off the coast of Yemen, the U.S. However, the ship and its crew were not seriously harmed, according to the U.S. military’s Central Command.
The attack was the latest in the Red Sea and nearby waters by the Iranian-backed militia. The Houthis, who say they are acting in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, have launched four anti-ship cruise or ballistic missiles in four separate attacks since the U.S.-led strikes began last week.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement on Monday that the group had carried out a military operation targeting an American ship in the Gulf of Aden with “a number” of missiles. The Houthis acted “in defence of the Palestinian people in Gaza, who are being exposed, until this moment, to the most horrific type of massacres by the Zionist entity,” he said.
The group considers “all American and British ships” to be enemy targets, he said, and warned that its response “is coming.”
The Houthi armed forces attacks have disrupted a vital trade route to and from the Suez Canal and prompted U.S.-led airstrikes last week.
U.S. forces are bracing for much larger retaliatory attacks from the Houthi militants, and are preparing a set of escalating responses, senior U.S. military officials said. The escalation has stirred fears that the Israel-Hamas war will spread further into the Middle East. But for now, it seems that the U.S. and Iran are trying not to put their forces in direct combat. NYT
美國表示，胡塞武裝發射了一枚飛彈，擊中了一艘美國商船，但沒有造成嚴重影響
胡塞武裝分子週一向美國也門海岸附近的一艘美國貨船發射了一枚飛彈。不過，據美國軍方中央司令部稱，該船及其船員並未受到嚴重傷害。
這是伊朗支持的民兵在紅海及附近水域發生的最新一起攻擊事件。 自從上周美國領導的攻擊開始以來，胡塞武裝已在四次獨立攻擊中發射了四枚反艦巡航飛彈或彈道飛彈。胡塞武裝自稱是聲援加薩的巴勒斯坦人。
胡塞武裝發言人葉海亞·薩雷亞週一在一份聲明中表示，該組織使用「多枚」飛彈對亞丁灣的一艘美國船隻進行了軍事行動。 他說，胡塞武裝的行動「是為了保衛加薩的巴勒斯坦人民，直到此刻，他們還遭受猶太復國主義實體最可怕的屠殺」。
他說，該組織認為「所有美國和英國船隻」都是敵人的目標，並警告稱其回應「即將到來」。
胡塞武裝的襲擊擾亂了進出蘇伊士運河的重要貿易路線，並引發了美國上週領導的空襲。
美國高級軍事官員表示，美國軍隊正在準備應對胡塞武裝分子更大規模的報復性攻擊，並準備採取一系列不斷升級的應對措施。 事態升級引發了人們對以色列與哈馬斯戰爭將進一步蔓延至中東的擔憂。 但就目前而言，美國和伊朗似乎試圖不讓軍隊直接交戰。
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