U.S. Naval force rescues crew of Greek boat after they were attacked by Houthis in the Red Sea. The terrorist organization backed by Iran, which controls the majority of Yemen's population centres and capital, claimed responsibility for the attack and linked it to the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) declared on Sunday that the US military had effectively saved the group from their Greek carrier ship after by Yemen's Houthi rebels hijacked the vessel in the Red Sea last week.
On June 12, Houthis attacked the small Liberian flagged boat hitting it with explosives close to the Yemeni port of Al Hudaydah. The Iran-backed terrorist group guaranteed liability regarding the assault, connecting it to Israel's contention with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack severely damaged the engine room, rendering the ship immobile and submerged. This was yet another of multiple attacks on various vessels following a major spike in Houthi hijackings in the past few months.
NAVCENT claims that a group from the Dwight D. Carrier strike group, which watches the Red Ocean, Bay of Aden, and the Eastern Mediterranean, airlifted the crew from the boat on Saturday. NAVCENT added, however, that one of the sailors on board the Greek ship is still missing.
After suffering considerable damage to the vessel following the attack. The ship's crew had been evacuated, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) on Saturday, and the abandoned vessel was drifting in the Red Sea.
The Houthis guaranteed liability regarding the little ocean specialty and rocket assaults it used to focus on the boat as a component of their continuous mission which they express is on the side of the Palestinians and is centred around ships headed for Israel to disrupt their trade routes and create a blockade against international maritime trade.
