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Published January 13, 2024, 5:14 pm ET
Two Navy Seals are missing after they fell into the water off the coast of Somalia while trying to board a ship at night, officials said.
The two seals, whose names have not been publicly released, were climbing onto a ship in the Gulf of Aden when they were knocked over by the waves.
According to their protocol, when a SEAL is passed, the next one behind him jumps in.
The men were reportedly on an interception mission – in which members intercept weapons on ships heading to Houthi-controlled Yemen – when the waves overtook them.
The officials, who spoke only anonymously, did not provide details about the mission the missing seals were on, but said it was not part of Operation Prosperity Guardian, in which the U.S. and its allies are working to rescue merchant ships in the Red Sea to provide protection.
The two seals, whose names have not been publicly released, were climbing onto a ship in the Gulf of Aden when they were knocked over by the waves. According to their protocol, if a SEAL is overtaken, the next one jumps in. Getty Images
They also said the Seals' work was not related to the Thursday attack by the United States and United Kingdom against the Houthis.
Search and rescue teams are looking for the two soldiers. U.S. Central Command declined to release further information until the effort is complete.
The Gulf of Aden has been a hotspot for military activity as the Houthis have carried out two dozen attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf and Red Sea since mid-November.
Over the past two days, the US and Britain have carried out airstrikes on around 30 locations linked to the militant group.
President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the US had “privately” sent a message to Iran, which supports the Houthis, about supporting their ship attacks.
“We delivered it privately and are confident that we are well prepared,” the president replied as he headed to Camp David.
The men were on an interception mission – in which members intercept weapons on ships heading to Houthi-controlled Yemen – when the waves overtook them. US Navy
On Friday, the US Navy destroyer USS Carney fired a Tomahawk land-based missile that hit a radar used by the militant group to attack ships.
The attack was described as a “follow-up operation… to impair the Houthis' ability to attack maritime vessels, including merchant vessels,” Central Command said wrote on X
On Thursday, American and British forces struck more than two dozen Houthi targets in Yemen.
Houthi has promised a strong and effective retaliation for the joint attack.
“This new attack will have a decisive, strong and effective response,” Houthi spokeswoman Nasruldeen Amer told Al Jazeera.
With post wires.
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