a warship USA and several commercial ships were attacked this Sunday in the Red Sea, in the Middle East, as reported by the Pentagon.

According to the chain ABC news, A Pentagon official noted this the destroyer Carney “shot down several drones flying in its direction from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen.”

“In at least two circumstances,” the official added, the Carney successfully shot down unmanned aerial vehicles “moving in its direction.”

The Pentagon, for its part, briefly confirmed in a statement that it was aware of reports about this “attacks on the USS Carney and commercial ships in the Red Sea” and that they would provide more information as it becomes available.

The official pointed out ABC news “that a ballistic missile fired from the Houthis in Yemen landed near a merchant ship in the Red Sea and that the USS Carney was nearby and responded to the ship’s distress call.”

No injuries were reported in the incident, the officer said.

The attack on the destroyer representing Carney a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Middle East linked to the war in Gaza between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas.

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That same Sunday, the British Navy reported “an attack by unmanned aerial systems” in the Red Sea, specifically near Bab el Mandeb, near the coast of Yemen, and urged ships sailing through the area to “take precautionary measures ”.

Also today, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, claimed responsibility for rocket and drone attacks on freighters Unity Explorer and Number 9 as they sailed through the Red Sea, the scene of rising tension over the war in the Gaza Strip.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised address that the insurgents “conducted an operation against two Israeli ships” in the Bab el Mandab Strait, identifying the ships as the Bahamian-flagged Unity Explorer and Number 9, with the flag of Panama. . (JO)