The Indian Navy said on Thursday it had rescued the crew of a US-owned vessel in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemen’s Houthi movement as tensions in the region’s sea lanes disrupted global trade.
Following the attack on the US Genco Picardy late on Wednesday, the US military said its forces had conducted strikes on 14 Houthi missiles that “presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships in the region.”
Attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi militia on ships in and around the Red Sea since November have slowed trade between Asia and Europe and alarmed major powers in an escalation of the war between Israel and Palestinian terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Backed by Iran, the Houthis say they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians and have threatened to target US ships in response to American and British strikes on the group’s positions.
War between Israel and Hamas erupted when the terror group carried out a devastating attack on southern Israel that killed over 1,200 people, mostly civilians. The 3,000 Hamas-led terrorists who burst into Israel from the Gaza Strip also abducted at least 240 people of all ages, most of whom are still being held captive in the Palestinian enclave
