In the Red Sea, particularly in the area near the strait of Bab el Mandeb, attacks are intensifying considerably against ships in transit by the Houthi rebels led by the mainly through the use of drones and missiles launched from the coasts of Yemen. Yesterday their spokesman Yahya Saree announced whereas the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out an operation against the container ship Maersk Gibraltar bound for Israel was effectively targeted by a drone launched after that the ship's crew had refused to respond to the communications of the Yemeni Armed Forces. The attack was confirmed by the U.S. Central Command (Centcom), according to which The accident did not result in any damage or injuries. In A statement to the "Reuters" agency, a spokesman Maersk, the Danish shipping company that operates Maersk Gibraltar, specified that the container holder, attached in the near the Bab el Mandeb Strait, it was not hit.

In the last few hours, among the various incidents and alarms followed by the report, it was reported that another ship was She was hit by a projectile also fired from the Yemeni area controlled by Houthi militiamen. The ship under attack would be the container ship Al Jasrah, a ship with a capacity of 15,000 TEUs that are part of the fleet of the German Hapag-Lloyd. According to the British security agency Ambrey, the ship would be was hit by the missile that would have caused damage and a fire in edge.