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[In brief] Calmer week in the Red Sea. Houthi fire continues but with less success

(B2) This week was calmer than the previous one (read: Read also: [News] The Houthis continue their attacks in the Red Sea. Another ship adrift) in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. Several missiles or naval surface drones

On Monday (June 24), at 04:44 UTC, a missile explosion was reported 50 meters from a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden, 246 nautical miles from Nishtun, Yemen.

The next day, Tuesday (June 25), at 17:00 UTC, 52 nautical miles south of Aden, a missile flew over the merchant ship, from starboard to port before falling into the water approximately 500 meters away. No damage.

On Thursday (June 27), at 06:44 UTC, a merchant ship was targeted by a naval surface drone (USV) in the Red Sea, 83 nautical miles southwest of Al-Hudaydah, causing some damage. Minors » and no injuries. At 08:17 UTC, an anti-ship missile (ASBM) landed near a merchant ship. No damage. An attack claimed by the Houthis on Xtwitter. Two military operations were implemented: the first, “ in cooperation with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance, targeted a vital target in the port of Haifa; the second targeted the ship (SEAJOY) in the Red Sea with a drone boat and a number of missiles and drones ».

On Friday (June 28), a new incident took place 150 nautical miles northwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen. Five missiles landed in the immediate vicinity of a merchant ship.

 

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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