Two cargo ship crew members killed in Houthi attack in Gulf of Aden

후티 공격에 아덴만서 화물선 선원 2명 숨져 첫 민간인 사망 Two crew members of a cargo ship passing through the Gulf of Aden have been killed by Houthi rebels, marking the first civilian deaths since the group began attacking ships passing through the Red Sea. Lee Seung-jae has more. Iran-backed Yemen-based Houthi rebels, have been attacking commercial ships passing through the Red Sea since November last year,.. in what they say is retaliation for Israel's war in Gaza. On Wednesday, these ongoing attacks resulted in the first civilian deaths. According to both U.S. and British officials, two crew members of a commercial ship were killed and six others injured,.. in a strike by the rebel group using an anti-ship ballistic missile. The Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged ship was hit approximately 93 kilometers off the coast of Yemen’s port of Aden with crew members forced to abandon ship. A shipping industry source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity,.. said that U.S. and Indian warships attempted to rescue the crew,.. but three remain missing. The Houthis later claimed responsibility for the attack, which U.S. officials say was their fifth missile attack in the past two days. A Houthi spokesman said the “targeting operation“ came as the ship’s crew rejected warning messages from Yemeni naval forces. Since November last year, the rebels have been launching drones and missiles against international commercial shipping, arguing that they're responding to Israel's war in Gaza. The attacks have disrupted global shipping, forcing shipping companies to take longer and more expensive routes around Southern Africa. And despite international condemnation and a call to end hostilities in the Red Sea, the Houthis said they won't stop “until the aggression is stopped and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.“ Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. #Houthi_attack #Gulf_of_Aden #Houthi_rebels #RedSea #Gaza_war #commercial_ship #missile_attack #cargoship #후티반군 #아덴만 #화물선공격 #Arirang_News #아리랑뉴스 📣 Facebook : 📣 Twitter : 📣 Homepage : 2024-03-07, 09:00 (KST)