The European Navy Mission states that six crew members have been rescued and at least three other people were attacked by a cargo ship, attacking Hauthis in Yemen and drowned in the Red Sea.
According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency, the Liberian-Flagged, Greek-Integrated Anant Akar C25 was carrying a crew C25 crew and on Monday lost all the promises after being hit by rocket-propeld grenade extracted from small boats.
The attack continued on Tuesday and the search rescue operation began overnight.
Iran -backed Huthis said he attacked eternity as it was going towards Israel, and he took an unspecified number of crew to a “safe place”.
The US Embassy in Yemen stated that Hauthis “had” kidnapped several living crew members “and called for his immediate release.
Officials in the Philippines said the crew had 21 citizens. One of them is Russian citizen who was seriously injured in the attack and lost a leg.
This is the second vessel that Hauthis has drowned in a week, on Sunday the group launched another Liberian-Flagged, Greek-Interested Cargo Ships, Missiles and Drone in Magic Seas, which they claimed “[ed] For a company that violated the entry restriction on the occupied Palestine ports “.
In the video footage released by Hauthis on Tuesday, armed men were shown aboard the ship and a series of blasts were established, sinking it.
All 22 crews of the magic seize were safely rescued by a passing merchant vessel.
EPASince November 2023, Hauthis has targeted about 70 business ships in missiles, drones and small boat attacks and Gulf of Aden.
They have now submerged four ships, seized the fifth, and killed at least seven crew members.
The group has stated that it is working in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and claimed – often false – that they are only targeting ships associated with Israel, America or UK, who have carried out air strikes on Yemen in response.
On Wednesday, the European Union’s naval mission at the Red C, Operation Epides stated that it was participating in international reaction to the attack on eternity and “currently six castway members have been recovered from the sea”.
An aspide official told the AFP news agency that there were five Philippinos and one Indian, and that 19 others were still missing.
According to the Reuters News Agency, the Greece-based maritime security firm Diaples released a video on Wednesday stating the rescue of at least five sephers, who said that it was spent more in water 24 hours.
“We will continue searching for the remaining crew until the last light,” Diaples said.
Reuters also cited marine security firms, saying that the toll of death was four.
Diaplus/handout via ReutersThe US State Department condemned the attacks on the magic seize and the estunity C, stating that “the ongoing danger shows that the Iran-supported Houthi rebels had posed for freedom of navigation and regional economic and maritime”.
“The United States has become clear: We will continue to take necessary action to protect the freedom of navigation and commercial shipping from the Hurti terrorist attacks, which should be condemned by all members of the international community.”
In a separate development on Thursday, Israel’s army stated that its Air Force stopped a missile launched from Yemen. It did not give any further details.
In May, Hauthis agreed to a ceasefire agreement with the US after seven weeks of fast US attacks on Yemen in response to international shipping attacks.
However, he said that the agreement did not include the end of attacks on Israel, which has organized several rounds of ventilative attacks on Yemen.
The General Secretary of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) called for acute diplomatic efforts after a new wave of attacks.
“After several months of calm, re -introduction of derogatory attacks in the Red Sea leads to a new violation of international law and freedom of navigation,” said Arsenio Dominguase.
He warned, “Innocent seafers and local population are the main victims of these attacks and due to the pollution made by them, he warned.
