British-owned ship set on fire in Gulf of Aden after suspected Yemen attack
YEMEN’S Houthi-led government is suspected of launching a fresh missile attack today near the key Israeli port city of Eilat that left a British-owned ship on fire, authorities said.
This is the second British-owned ship targeted by the Yemenis this week.
The attack in the Gulf of Aden saw two missiles fired, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said.
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