US military confirms Houthi drone attack on ship in Red Sea
A Houthi “unmanned surface vessel” drone attack caused “severe flooding and damage to the engine room” of the Tutor, a Liberian-flagged Greek-owned ship, in the Red Sea, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said.
“This continued malign and reckless behaviour by the Iranian-backed Houthis threatens regional stability and endangers the lives of mariners across the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,” CENTCOM said in a post on X.
Earlier, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the Tutor had been hit and was in danger of sinking.
CENTCOM also added that US forces destroyed three antiship cruise missile launchers in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Wednesday.
The Houthis say their attacks on ships in the Red Sea are in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, and in response to US and UK air strikes on Yemen.
Gee, if only there was a way to end all these conflicts at the same time... Stop the genocide.
Israel attacks UNWRA, kills more than 190 UN staff, detains and tortures more than 20 UNWRA staff, US silence or rather "we see no evidence of war crimes" and has banned funding of UNRWA by law until 2025.
Now the Houthis arrest UN, NGO staff suspecting a spy network
US condemns Houthi detention of UN, NGO staff in Yemen amid ‘spy network’ allegations
The US State Department has said that it “strongly condemns” the detention of UN, diplomatic and NGO staff accused of being part of an “American-Israeli spy network” by the Houthis in Yemen.
In a public statement, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller accused the Houthis of using “disinformation to shift blame to the United States and other outside actors for their own failures”.
Houthis officials said on Monday that they had arrested a “spy network” operating under the cover of humanitarian organisations, claiming they were linked to the CIA and had carried out “espionage” activities for years.
An official figure is yet to be confirmed, but at least 18 people, including 11 UN staff members, are believed to have been swept up in the “simultaneous” arrests in Houthi-controlled areas.
The U.S. strongly condemns the recent Houthi detentions of UN, diplomatic, and NGO staff and their efforts to spread disinformation regarding the role of detained U.S. local staff through televised forced and fake “confessions.” They should be released now.…
— Matthew Miller (@StateDeptSpox) June 12, 2024
There's your fallout from Israel's tactics to go undercover as aid workers. And again more US double standards on display.
The UN is the first casualty of the breakdown of international law. US and UK are responsible for setting this chain of actions in motion.
Rights monitor says Palestinian prisoners experienced inhumane and degrading treatment
Palestinian prisoners released by the Israeli army in northern Gaza on Tuesday have shared testimonies of inhumane and degrading treatment after making their way to Kamal Adwan Hospital for treatment, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reports.
Samir Abdullah Jamal Marjan, 23, told Euro-Med he was beaten when he told Israeli interrogators he couldn’t answer questions about Hamas because he was a civilian.
“Some inmates were also given unknown injections by the army,” said Marjan, who was transferred to Israel’s Ashkelon Prison after he was detained at Nablus checkpoint near Gaza City on March 11.
“I was beaten and subjected to electric shocks since I refused to be injected with [the unknown substance],” he said.
A Palestinian prisoner released by the Israeli army, wearing a pullover with a David Star and a numbers, waits for his turn to be examined at Al-Najjar Hospital, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on April 15
It's Nazi Germany all over again. And Germany is supporting this.
