US Military Destroys Houthi Patrol Boats After Attack on Palauan-Flagged Cargo Ship

CENTCOM said that ‘a Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned and Polish-operated’ cargo carrier was hit by Houthi missiles in the Gulf of Aden.

A container ship crosses an oil platform at the Gulf of Suez toward the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, outside of Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 1, 2020. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

The U.S. armed forces said Thursday they destroyed two Houthi patrol boats, one unmanned surface vessel, and one drone over the Red Sea after the Iranian-backed group launched missiles at a Palauan-flagged ship.

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said that its forces also destroyed one air defense sensor in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.