SANA’A (Dispatches) – The Ansarullah movement launched on Wednesday a missile attack on a U.S. commercial ship sailing in the Gulf of Aden off the southwestern coast of Aden, Yemen, a Coast Guard official said.
According to the official, who spoke to Xinhua on condition of anonymity, the Ansarullah movement targeted at noon the MV Yorktown, a commercial vessel owned by the United States and operated by Danish shipping company Maersk Line.
The source stated that at least two missiles were fired at the ship, with one intercepted by a nearby warship and the other landing in the vicinity of the vessel. 
Since November 2023, the Houthis have intensified military operations in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, targeting Israeli-linked ships. This escalation comes amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement, has called on European countries to withdraw their warships from the Red Sea.
He also emphasized that the European vessels, which are not going to the occupied territories, are not at risk.
Israel waged its bloody war on the Gaza Strip on October 7 following a historic operation by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group against the usurping regime.
In solidarity with the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza, Yemeni forces have targeted ships going to and from ports in the occupied lands, or whose owners are linked to Israel, in the southern Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Gulf of Aden, and even in the Arabian Sea.