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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) have released video footage documenting the July 6 attack on the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier Magic Seas in the Red Sea off the shores of Yemen’s Hodeidah.
The footage began with multiple warnings which the Houthis sent to the ship before carrying out the attack. After the captain ignored the warnings, the group attacked the ship with two suicide drone boats. The blasts forced the crew to abandon the ship.
However, this was not the end of the attack. Later on, a group of Houthi marines raided the abandoned ship, planted explosives and blew it up. By the next day, it was reported that the ship sank.
Houthi spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a statement that the attack on Magic Seas was “in response to the owning company’s repeated violations of the ban on entry into occupied Palestinian ports.”
“The latest of these violations was the entry of three of its ships into occupied Palestinian ports last week, despite warnings and appeals from our naval forces,” he added.
On July 7, another ship, the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier ship Eternity C, came under attack, also off the shores of Hodeidah. Four of the ship’s crew were killed ,while the rest managed to evacuate. The ship later sank. The Houthis are yet to claim responsibility for this attack.
The Houthis have carried out more than 100 attacks targeting shipping from November 2023. According to the group, the campaign is a response to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. The attacks sank three ships, killing at least eight sailors. Another ship was seized by the group.
In parallel with their campaign against shipping, the Houthis have been launching missile and drone attacks at Israel on a regular basis.
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