A Liberian-style crew on board is burning with a series of attacks in red ocean The ship was abandoned Sunday night, marking the first serious attack on a vital corridor of trade after a month of campaigning Houthi rebels in Yemen There.
The suspected attack on the magic ocean of Greece-owned bulk carrier fell immediately on Houthis, especially when security companies said the bomb-carried drone ship appeared to be targeted by small arms and rocket grenades. The rebel media reported the attack but did not propose it. It may take them several hours or even days to admit the attack.
New campaigns for transportation may attract American and Western forces again, especially afterwards President Donald Trump targets rebels in a major air strike.
Midnight Shortly before midnight in Yemen, Israeli troops issued a warning warning to the three Hodeidah controlled ports and said it would begin in Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif, as well as in the Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif of the Ras al-Khatib Power Station.
Attack is at a delicate moment
The ship attack occurred at a sensitive moment in the Middle East as a possible ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war hangs over and as Iran weighs whether to restart negotiations on its nuclear program, afterwards US air strikes against its most sensitive atomic website In Israel’s war against the Islamic Republic.
“This is likely to be a message that Houthis continues to have the capacity and willingness to strategic maritime goals, regardless of diplomatic development,” wrote Mohammad Al-Basha, a Yemeni analyst at Basha Reports Risk Consulting.
The British military’s British Maritime Trade Operations Centre first said that the armed security team on the unidentified ship had opposed the initial attack and that “the situation is ongoing.” It described the attack as a situation about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Hodeida, which was held by Houthi Rebels.
“The authorities are investigating,” it said, later saying the ship caught fire after being hit by an unknown projectile.
It could be a major upgrade
Ambrey, a private maritime security company, issued an alarm saying a merchant ship was “attacked by eight boatmen while sailing north in the Red Sea.”
Ambrey later said the ship was also attacked by bomb-carrying drone ships, which could mark a major escalation. It said two drone ships hit the ship, while the other two were destroyed by armed guards on board.
The British Maritime Trade Action Centre said the ship was on the water and its staff abandoned the ship.
The U.S. Navy The Fifth Fleet based on the Middle East Asked a question to the military’s central command, which said it was an incident without elaborating.
Yemen’s exiled government’s information minister against the Houthis, Moammar al-Aryani, determined the ship was attacked as a magic sea and accused the rebels of attacks. The ship has been broadcasting, and it has an armed security team nearby, and the attack has taken place, and it has been facing north.
“The attack also proved once again that Hossis was merely a line of Iran’s planned front, using Yemen as a platform to undermine regional and global stability, when Tehran continued to arm the militia and provide it with military technology, including missiles, aircraft, drones and undersea.” x.
The owner of Magic Sea did not respond to a request for comment.
Houthi attacks broke out in Israel-Hamas War
Houthi rebels have been firing Missile and UAV Attack Commercial and military vessels against the leadership of the region End of effort Israel’s attack on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The group’s Al-Masirah satellite news channel acknowledged the attack, but no other comments were made in the speeches of its secret leader. Abdul Malik al-Houthi. However, Ambery said the targeted vessels meet the “established Houthi target profile” without elaboration.
Between November 2023 and January 2025, Houthis targeted 100 merchant ships with missiles and drones, sinking two of them. Kill four sailors. This greatly reduces the trade flow through the Red Sea Corridor, and usually sees $1 trillion in goods passing through it every year.
Husses stopped the attacks in a self-imposed ceasefire until the United States launched a widespread attack on the rebels in mid-March. It ended a few weeks later, Hotis did not attack the ship, although occasionally it continued Missile attacks against Israel. On Sunday, the group claimed to have fired a missile in Israel, which the Israeli military said had intercepted. Shipping Through the Red Sea, although still below normal, it has increased in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, a wider Decade War in Yemen between Hotis and the country’s exiled government remains at a deadlock, supported by a Saudi-led coalition. Yemen’s Coast Guard is loyal to the exiled government, At least one ship was in exchange for fire in the Red Sea The same was true in the past.
Pirates from Somalia also operate in the area, although usually they try to capture crew members of ship robbery or ransom. But neither the Yemeni Coast Guard nor the Pirates used drone ships during the attack.
