Yemen's Houthi group says attacking 2 US ships in Gulf of Aden

Yemen's Houthi group announced Monday evening that they launched missile attacks against two U.S. ships in the Gulf of Aden, saying the hits were "accurate."

In a televised statement aired by the group's satellite TV channel al-Masirah, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the attacks against American ships, Sea Champion and Navis Fortuna, were "accurate and direct," without specifying the damages or casualties.

According to Sarea, the attacks brought the total number of Houthi operations during the past 24 hours to four. The first targeted a British ship resulting in its complete sinking. The second shot down a U.S. MQ9 drone in the airspace of Hodeidah Governorate, while the last two attacks targeted two American ships.

"Our operations in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea will escalate and will not stop unless (Israeli) aggression (on Hamas) stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted," the Houthi military spokesperson said in the statement.

Earlier in the day, Britain's Maritime Trade Operations agency said the crew had safely departed the attacked Britain-registered vessel.