An American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.
“We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available,” the Pentagon said.
The Carney is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
The British military earlier said there had been a suspected drone attack and explosions in the Red Sea, without elaborating.
The Pentagon did not identify where it believed the fire came from. However, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been launching a series of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, as well as launching drones and missiles targeting Israel as it wages war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said the attack began about 10 a.m. in Sanaa, Yemen, and had been going on for as much as five hours.
There was no immediate comment from the Houthis. However, a Houthi military spokesman earlier said an “important” statement would be released shortly.
Global shipping had increasingly been targeted as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to become a wider regional conflict — even as a truce has halted fighting and Hamas exchanges hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Earlier in November, the Houthis seized a vehicle transport ship also linked to Israel in the Red Sea off Yemen. The rebels still hold the vessel near the port city of Hodeida. Missiles also landed near another U.S. warship last week after it assisted a vessel linked to Israel that had briefly been seized by gunmen.
However, the Houthis had not directly targeted the Americans for some time, further raising the stakes in the growing maritime conflict.
In 2016, the U.S. launched Tomahawk cruise missiles that destroyed three coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled territory to retaliate for missiles being fired at U.S. Navy ships, including the USS Mason, at the time.
(AP)
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Why in the world aren’t the Houthis getting a few destroyers full of Tomahawks on all their military bases? Saudia will be happy, America will be happy, they’ll get to waste some rusting old missiles and Pentagon will get to requisition new ones.
This is a sad Joke the liberals in the whitehouse want this escalation, for if they wanted to stop it, they could have done so many times…. Anyone competent would have bombed the culprits a long time ago sending a clear message, we will not tolerate this.
War is a money making machine, war covers over corruption, war needs an enemy, so the US is allowing the enemy to build up their strength so when they do fight back it will take time, cost money, and be a good distraction
Evil is evil is evil
Y2r answered doom’s question
If WW III is really ramping up, then the Zionist State isn’t likely to last much longer.
The whole world knows what a disaster the Zionist State has been for the entire world (especially for the Jews). As that French ambassador put it, many years ago, the world is headed to WW III because of that expletive little country.
May Mashiach please come very, very soon.
Another false red flag Gulf of Tonkin incident, just like in 1964, fabricated by the federal government to increase our involvement in the Mideast. Few learn history. America will fall for it again, and American boys will be coming home in boxes for the next decade–again.
“ In 2016, the U.S. launched Tomahawk cruise missiles that destroyed three coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled territory to retaliate for missiles being fired at U.S. Navy ships…”
in 2016, donald trump was potus.
oops, my mistake.
The only way to bring peace and bring a halt to the terrorism is by eliminating Iran by all means, i.e. zeeky.
The Biden’s administration’s weakness is beyond a joke – the US’s ally, international shipping, now the US navy itself gets attacked by Iranian proxies in Yemen and what’s the US’s blood curdling reply?? ““We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney…” well gee now that someone at least let them know we can all sleep better at night
Oy vey they must be really upset – maybe they’re angry because the Trump administration declared them to be terrorists? No, that can’t be the case because we already took them off that list… so what to do?? We’d better hold de-escalation talks with them FAST before someone gets hurt here!
@ any reader
Please read hakatans comment and tell me – how long does it take you to vomit at those despicable words ??
@any reader
That French ambassador could not care less whether all of Israeli innocent citizens are spared oct 7 type of atrocities or not .
Hakatan quotes him with admiration …..