A British warship, the HMS Diamond, repelled a drone attack yesterday from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis in the Red Sea, British officials say.
“Deploying her Sea Viper missile system, Diamond destroyed a drone targeting her with no injuries or damage sustained to Diamond or her crew,” the British Defense Ministry says in a statement.
“These intolerable and illegal attacks are completely unacceptable and it is our duty to protect the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.”
The Houthis began launching waves of exploding drones and missiles at vessels on Nov. 19 in response to Israel’s military operations in Gaza, which themselves were sparked by the Hamas terror group’s devastating October 7 attack.
On Friday, a tanker vessel was attacked, sparking a fire on board.
US and British warplanes, ships and submarines have responded to the Houthi attacks on shipping with dozens of retaliatory strikes across Yemen against Houthi forces.
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