The Houthis do not give up, indeed they hit a US-owned ship with a missile
A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels hit a US-owned vessel on Monday off the Yemeni coast in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after firing an anti-ship cruise missile at an American destroyer in the Red Sea, they said the officials.
The attack on the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, while not immediately claimed by the Houthis, further escalated tensions in the Red Sea following American-led attacks against the rebels. Houthis attacks have thrown global shipping into turmoil amid Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, targeting a crucial corridor linking Asian and Middle Eastern energy and cargo shipments at the Suez Canal and then reach Europe.
The port side of the ship was hit
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which oversees Middle Eastern waters, said Monday's attack occurred about 177 kilometers southeast of Aden. The ship's captain reported that "the port side of the ship was hit from above by a missile." The port side is the port side.
Private security firms Ambrey and Dryad Global told The Associated Press that the vessel was the Eagle Gibraltar, a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel. US authorities blamed the Houthis.
Two waves of attacks accomplished little according to the NYT
According to what was reported by the NYT , it is very unlikely that the two waves of attacks managed to intimidate the Houthi fighters, who come from years of war against Saudi Arabia. The attacks would have been 80%-90% successful, but they would have reduced the Yemenis' ability to act by 20% so they are practically intact. Therefore, it would take many more waves of attacks to be able to take out weapons that, over time, have been well hidden.
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