Yemen's Houthi rebels have threatened to attack any ship in the Red Sea bound for Israel if the people of Gaza do not get the help they need.
A French frigate shot down two drones heading toward the ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, French forces said on Sunday, at a time of rising tensions in the strategic maritime zone.
These two “obvious threats” were intercepted and destroyed on Saturday night by the frigate Languedoc operating in the Red Sea, the General Staff said in a statement.
The two interceptions took place on Saturday evening at 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. (in Paris) (8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in Lisbon) 110 kilometers from the Yemeni coast near the city of AlHodeida.
Last week, a US destroyer shot down three drones while supporting merchant ships in the Red Sea, the target of attacks from Yemen, according to Washington, which denounced a “direct threat” to maritime security.
Yemen's Houthi rebels threatened on Saturday to attack any ship in the Red Sea bound for Israel if the people of Gaza do not receive the help they need.
Yemeni rebels who control Sanaa and other regions are part of what they call an “Axis of Resistance” against Israel, along with groups such as the Islamic resistance movement Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah, which are backed by Iran.
In a statement posted on social media, the Houthis said they will “prevent the passage of ships heading to the Zionist entity” if residents of the Palestinian territory, which was bombed by Israel two months ago, no longer receive humanitarian aid such as food etc. receive medicine.
This latest warning comes against the backdrop of heightened tensions in the Red Sea since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, which began on October 7 following a terrorist attack on Israeli soil by the Palestinian Islamist movement.