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Maritime website “Seatrade Maritime” quoted experts from the British maritime security company Ambrey, saying that the Sanaa government forces have drones capable of carrying out attacks in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
According to a report published by the website yesterday, the experts estimated that “the Houthis have drones with a range that enables them to target commercial shipping in the eastern Mediterranean Sea,” noting the possibility of intercepting them if launched from Yemen “due to the presence of US warships, coalition forces, and Israeli and Egyptian air defenses.”
The report stated that with Israeli air defenses and the support provided by the coalition to Israel, “it cannot be guaranteed to intercept all threats.”
The report mentioned that the Sanaa government forces, or what they call “the Houthis,” have expanded the scope of their attacks from the southern Red Sea to cover a large area of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
It added that Sanaa forces fired last week at the container ship “MSC Orion,” which carries a capacity of 15,000 standard containers, 400 nautical miles south of Yemen, “and they now say they are expanding their range of strikes to include all ships in the eastern Mediterranean Sea connected to Israeli ports.”
On May 3rd, Sanaa government forces announced through their spokesman Yahya Saree in a statement the entry into what they called the “fourth stage of escalation,” stating that they would target Israeli ships or those affiliated with Israel in the eastern Mediterranean if the latter attempted to invade Rafah.
Since late last year, Sanaa government forces have begun targeting Israeli ships and those affiliated with them in the Red and Arabian Seas before extending their operations to part of the Indian Ocean.
Sanaa forces say their operations against Israel will continue until the latter stops the genocide in Gaza and lifts the siege.
In response, the US and Britain launched airstrikes on Yemen, prompting Sanaa government forces to announce that their operations would include targeting American and British commercial and military ships in response to what they called “the American-British aggression.”
