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United States: Our destroyer in the Red Sea shot down Houthi suicide drones

United States: Our destroyer in the Red Sea shot down Houthi suicide drones

On Thursday, the US Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (archive photo, top, from Middle East Area (CENTCOM, “Central Command”).

“The ship was not damaged and no crew members were injured.”

He added: “The drones were shot down while the American warship was patrolling the Red Sea. He explained that the ship was not damaged and that none of its crew members were harmed.

Capture a ship

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement seized a cargo ship in the Red Sea on Sunday, taking 25 crew members hostage, in an apparent escalation against Israel amid the Gaza war.

The Houthis claimed that they seized the “Galaxy Leader” ship, which they described as an Israeli ship, saying that they would return it to Yemen.

A video posted on Monday showed armed fighters climbing onto the deck of the ship by helicopter and storming the bridge.

The group said that its forces “will deal with the ship’s crew in accordance with the teachings and values ​​of the Islamic religion.”

The Israeli army described the hijacking as a “serious incident” but denied that the Galaxy Leader ship was Israeli and said that there were no Israelis on board (more here).

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