SANAA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's armed Houthi group on Monday said it carried out three military operations targeting three ships in the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, using ballistic missiles, drones, and unmanned boats.
The first operation targeted the "BENTLEY I ship" in the Red Sea, using several ballistic missiles, bomb-laden drones, and unmanned boats, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
The second operation targeted "the oil tanker, CHIOS Lion," in the Red Sea, using bomb-laden drones, he said in the statement.
"The third operation was carried out by our forces in cooperation with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance in the Mediterranean Sea and targeted 'the ship, Olvia,' and the hit was accurate," the Houthi spokesperson added, vowing for more attacks to come.
Earlier in the day, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance said in an online statement that its fighters launched attacks with drones and long-range al-Arqab upgraded cruise missiles on Eilat in southern Israel and Haifa in the north.
Meanwhile, the UK Maritime Trade Operations reported an attack against a ship off the Houthi-controlled Yemeni Red Sea port city, Hodeidah, with three boats.
It said the ship was damaged and there were no casualties among crew members.
Since November last year, the Houthis began to launch anti-ship ballistic missiles and drones targeting what they said were Israeli-linked ships transiting the Red Sea, to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In response, the U.S.-British naval coalition stationed in the waters has since January conducted air raids and missile strikes against Houthi targets, which only led to an expansion of Houthi attacks to include U.S. and British commercial vessels and naval ships.
Houthi leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised speech last week that his group had targeted "a total of 166 ships linked to Israel, U.S., and Britain." ■
