India reported Tuesday evening that a vessel was struck by a missile in the area off Yemen, with no casualties. The report comes shortly after India's shipping minister confirmed that an earlier missile strike had sunk an Indian vessel, with all 14 crew members rescued.
India reported Tuesday evening that a second vessel was struck by a missile off the coast of Yemen, with no casualties reported. The statement from Indian authorities did not specify whether the vessel is the same as the one that sank earlier in the evening, but the timing suggests a separate incident.
As The Zioneer reported at 17:42 Jerusalem, an Indian-flagged cargo vessel, the Faize Noore Oliya, was sunk after being struck by an explosive boat south of Al-Hudaydah. India's shipping minister later confirmed that the vessel was hit by a missile, capsized, and sank, and that all 14 crew members were rescued by the Yemeni coast guard. The report of the new strike raises the possibility of a second attack, but no details on the vessel's identity or the nature of the incident have been released.
The incidents come amid ongoing attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi forces on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. As The Zioneer has reported, multiple vessels have been struck by projectiles and unmanned surface vessels in recent weeks, including a vessel east of Dibba and an exchange of fire off Yemen.
It remains unclear whether the latest strike is a separate attack or related to the earlier sinking. Indian authorities have not provided further details, and the vessel's name and flag have not been confirmed.
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