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Houthis deny attacking ship in Gulf of Aden, after explosion on gas tanker
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
A source in the Iran-backed Houthis’ ministry of defense tells Saba, the group’s official news agency, that it denies reports of an attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden and that their forces had no connection to the incident.
According to reports, a ship caught fire earlier today in the Gulf of Aden, off Yemen’s coast. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said the vessel was “hit by an unknown projectile.”
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