After the attacks of the past few hours on two container ships Maersk Line and Hapag-Lloyd, two other container ships MSC Alanya and the MSC Palatium III sailing in the waters north and south of the Bab el Mandeb Strait respectively, They were targeted by two cruise missiles. He made it known Yahya Saree, spokesman for the Houthi militiamen, specifying that the two ships were bound for Israel. The MSC Alanya is part of the of the MSC Group's fleet as well as the MSC Palatium III which, however, is operated by Ignazio Messina & C., Genoese shipping company owned by MSC itself.