American officials: An oil tanker was targeted by an anti-ship missile

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, American officials told CBS that the Marlin Luanda oil tanker caught fire after an anti-ship missile hit it.

The company that owns this ship said that the hit of this missile caused a fire in one of the cargo tanks of this ship and fire extinguishing equipment was used to contain the fire.

American officials have said that no one was injured in this incident.

The British Maritime Operations Department said the incident occurred 60 nautical miles southeast of the Gulf of Aden.

Hours earlier, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces, announced a missile attack on a British oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden.

Saree Pointing out that the missiles hit the target and caused a fire in it, he said: Our operations against Israeli ships or ships bound for Palestinian ports will continue until the [Israeli] attacks stop and food enters Gaza.

He also emphasized that Yemen will take all the necessary military measures in line with the right to defend itself in order to show its practical solidarity with the Palestinian nation.

Sari explained in this statement that a number of ballistic missiles directly hit the American warship and two American commercial ships also escaped.

The Yemeni army, while pointing out that the conflict lasted for 2 hours, said that until the end of the invasion of Gaza and the lifting of the blockade of this region, they will prevent the movement of Zionist ships to the ports of occupied Palestine.

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