Yemen’s Ansarullah vows to continue targeting British ships in Red Sea
Yemen has vowed to continue attacking British ships in the Red Sea in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have been under a genocidal war by the Israeli regime over the past five months.
Yemen’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein al-Ezzi made the remarks in a post on X on Sunday, a day after a British container ship sunk in the Red Sea almost two weeks after it was struck in a retaliatory attack by the Yemeni Armed Forces.
“Yemen will continue to sink more British ships, and any repercussions or other damages will be added to Britain’s bill,” Ezzi said.
“It is a rogue state that attacks Yemen and partners with America in sponsoring ongoing crimes against civilians in Gaza,” he added.
The UK-owned Belize-flagged bulk carrier, the M/V Rubymar, came under the Yemeni military’s attack on February 18 with several naval missiles in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait — a strategic waterway linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Yemeni army had attacked the cargo ship with several naval missiles on Feb.18.
Yemeni authorities said the Rubymar, was had been abandoned for 12 days, sank late Friday as stormy weather took hold over the Red Sea, with the US Central Command (CENTCOM) releasing an image of the vessel on its side and confirming that it was going under.
Yemen’s military has been targeting Israeli ships and those bound for Israeli ports since November last year in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza which has been subject to five months of war that has so far killed more than 30,320 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 71,533 others.
The Yemenis have made it clear that they will not hesitate to carry out qualitative operations against all hostile targets in defense of their homeland and reaffirmation of their unwavering support for the Palestinian nation.
A ranking Yemeni official says UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his government “bear responsibility” for the sinking of the Rubymar, a British container ship that sunk in the Red Sea almost two weeks after it was struck in a retaliatory attack by Yemen’s Armed Forces.
They said earlier that strikes targeting those ships in the Red Sea will not stop unless the regime ends its genocidal campaign against the besieged Palestinian territory.
International shipping companies, however, are safe to sail in the area if they are neither owned by Israel nor destined for ports in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to the Yemeni Armed Forces.
