American helicopters exchange fire with Yemeni boats in the Red Sea

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the Central Command of the US Army in West Asia, known as Centcom, reacted to the incident near Yemen’s Hodeidah port by publishing a statement and announced that the boats belonging to the “Houthis of Yemen” A container ship and US Navy helicopters attacked in the southern Red Sea.

Centcom said in this statement that a container ship belonging to “Maersk” shipping company made two emergency calls that it was attacked by 4 boats belonging to the Yemeni Houthis. has taken.

This statement states; The crew of the boats shot at the Maersk ship with light weapons and advanced to a distance of 20 meters and were planning to enter the ship’s deck.

After these emergency calls, the American helicopters answered the call, came into action and these boats fired at them.

Centcom claims that US Navy helicopters responded to the fire of the boats in self-defense and sank three of the four small boats and the crew of the boats were also killed.

Centcom also claimed that there was no damage to American equipment and crew.

On Sunday morning, the UKMTO (UKMTO) account reported an attack on a ship in the waters of the Red Sea near Hodeida port on the coast of Yemen.

According to the UKMTO statement, the organization received a report of three unidentified boats attacking a ship in the waters of the Red Sea. Exchange of fire has also been reported between the two sides, but all crew members are safe and no casualties have been reported.

The statement said that the attacking boats had moved away from the target ship.

In recent weeks, parallel to the intensification of Israel’s attacks in Gaza, the Yemeni army attacked Israeli ships or ships destined for the occupied territories and intending to pass through the Bab al-Mandab strait in the Red Sea.

The attacks of the Yemeni army in the Red Sea began on November 19, and the Ansarullah movement has announced that it will continue until the Israeli attacks in Gaza stop. The American, British and French naval forces have each claimed to have shot down drones or missiles fired from Yemen.