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Yemenis continue to target ships in the Red Sea, despite US and British attacks
Houthi supporters attend a rally against the US air strikes on Yemen and the Israeli offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 8, 2024
FORCES from Yemen’s Houthi-led government targeted a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Red Sea with missiles on Monday, authorities said.
Yemen’s military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a prerecorded statement that the vessel, the Pinocchio, was a US ship.
The master of the vessel reported the explosion and said no-one had been hurt, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said.
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