Greek tanker damaged in Houthi strike to be towed
Yemen’s Houthi Foreign Minister Jamel Amer says tug boats are expected to begin towing the Greek tanker Sounion on Sunday after it was damaged in an attack by the group on August 21.
The ship is carrying nearly one million barrels of crude oil, raising fears of an environmental catastrophe and posing a risk to navigation in the region.
The Houthis have been targeting what they claim are Israel-linked vessels – an effort they say aims to pressure the Israeli government to end the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 40,600 Palestinians since October.
The crippled Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea
Houthis claim to hit a ship in the Gulf of Aden
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree says the group carried out a “military operation targeting the ship Groton in the Gulf of Aden”. He said in a televised address the attack was carried out “by the naval, UAV [unmanned aerial vehicles] and missile forces” and that the ship had been hit.
According to several ship-tracking websites, the vessel was sailing under the flag of Liberia. The Houthis have targeted Israel-linked vessels in support of the Palestinians and to pressure the Israeli government to end the war on Gaza.
Houthis reaffirm support for Palestinians amid Israeli ‘aggression’
Yemen’s Houthis expressed “great concern” over Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank, which have killed at least 22 people since Wednesday.
“Yemen and its armed forces will continue to support the Palestinian people and achieve victory for Gaza and the West Bank as long as the aggression and siege continue,” the group said, according to Houthi-affiliated media Al-Masirah.
The Houthis have attacked Israel-linked vessels in an effort they say aims to pressure the Israeli government to end the devastating war in Gaza.
Hezbollah hits Israeli target near border
The Lebanese armed group says its forces fired rockets at the Israeli Ramtha site in the Kfarchouba Hills, claiming direct hits were achieved.
The attack comes after Hezbollah said its fighters targeted the “al-Marj” military outpost in northern Israel with projectiles earlier this morning.
The two sides have been trading tit-for-tat attacks since October 8, the day after Israel launched its war on Gaza following Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel. Hezbollah began engaging Israel in small attacks across the Lebanon-Israel border, saying it would stop only when Israel halted its war.
