‘Israeli’ Ship Targeted by Houthis Is Liberia-Flagged, Says Ambrey

Published on February 21, 2024

CAIRO—British maritime security firm Ambrey said that a container ship targeted by Yemen’s Houthis on Tuesday was Liberia-flagged and headed for Somalia. The Iran-aligned Houthi terrorist group said it had targeted an Israeli cargo ship, the “MSC Silver”, in the Gulf of Aden, next to the Red Sea, with a number of missiles. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea did not elaborate, but in a statement said the group had also used drones to target a number of U.S. warships in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea as well as sites in the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat....