CENTCOM confirms US oil tanker was targeted by YAF in Gulf of Aden
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CENTCOM claims its forces shot down two one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the southern Red Sea.
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The US oil tanker Torm Thor, on Oct. 4, 2016. (FleetMon)
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Monday morning that on February 24, the Yemeni Armed Forces launched one anti-ship ballistic missile at the M/V Torm Thor, a US-flagged, owned, and operated chemical/oil product tanker in the Gulf of Aden.
In a statement published on X, CENTCOM claimed that "the missile impacted the water causing no damage or injuries."
The statement added that earlier in the evening, CENTCOM forces shot down two one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the southern Red Sea, claiming that "a third UAV crashed from an assessed in-flight failure."
Red Sea Update
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) February 26, 2024
On Feb. 24 at 11:45 p.m. (Sanaa time), the Iranian-backed Houthis launched one anti-ship ballistic missile likely targeting the M/V Torm Thor, a U.S.-flagged, owned, and operated chemical/oil product tanker in the Gulf of Aden. The missile impacted the water… pic.twitter.com/JVbGmOO7Qo
On Sunday, the spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF), Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced that the YAF Navy targeted the American oil tanker Torm Thor in the Gulf of Aden with a number of anti-ship missiles.
In a televised statement, Saree added that the YAF also targeted several American warships in the Red Sea with several drones.
He stressed that these operations come in support of the Palestinian people, who are still facing an Israeli aggression and siege, and in response to the US and British aggression on Yemen.
Saree reiterated that the YAF's military operations will not cease until the Israeli aggression on Gaza stops and the blockade imposed on the Palestinian people in the Strip is lifted.
The spokesperson underlined that the YAF will confront the American-British escalation against Yemen with more top-tier operations in the Red and Arabian seas to defend the country, its people, and its nation.
It is noteworthy that the operations of the YAF against Israeli and Israeli-bound ships -- carried out in support of the people of Gaza until the Israeli aggression on the Strip ceases -- have forced some companies to take alternative routes including a two-week detour around the tip of southern Africa.
The YAF have also reiterated that they only chose clear and specific targets to hit the Israeli enemy until the American and British forces became involved in the aggression against Yemen, which turned them into targets as well, reiterating that no other countries are being targeted by the YAF.
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