The Houthi-controlled satellite channel al-Masirah reports that some of the strikes in Yemen targeted power stations in the capital, as well as the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red Sea.
The Houthis took responsibility for attacking the Panama-flagged Blue Lagoon I, which was coming from Russia, but made no mention of the attack on Saudi-flagged MV Amjad. The attacks come as the US seeks to salvage the still-burning MV Delta Sounion attacked by Houthis earlier.
Yemen has launched a crackdown on people working with the UN, aid agencies and foreign offices while targeting global shipping in the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war. In June, the Houthis detained more than 60 people working with the UN and other NGOs.
The US Central Command said American and British forces struck 13 targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen, targeting the Salif port and a radio building in Hodeidah's Al-Hawk district. The Houthis had ramped up their attacks on international ships in the Red Sea, demanding Israel to end the war in Gaza.
Houthi attacks began in November in solidarity with Palestinians and escalated despite warnings and attacks by US, British and other forces. Last week, a Houthi missile killed three of a ship's crew members, marking the first fatal strike since Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza.
In a social media post, the Indian Navy said that INS Kolkata rescued the crew using "integral helicopter and boats". It added that the navy personnel involved in the operation also provided them with critical medical aid.
The exercise comes amid growing global concerns over attacks on various commercial vessels in the Red Sea by the Houthi militants. The Indian Navy extended assistance to a number of merchant vessels in the Western Indian Ocean following attacks on them.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the USS Mason, a guided missile destroyer, on Saturday shot down one anti-ship ballistic missile launched into the Gulf of Aden from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen that was likely targeting the tanker.
A Barbados-flagged British-owned vessel in the Red Sea sustained minor damage during the attack in the Red Sea, but no one was injured. This came after joint airstrikes by the US and the UK, along with other countries, in Yemen as tensions reach boiling point over the war in Gaza.
The Yemen strikes are running parallel to an unfolding US campaign of retaliation over the killing of three American soldiers in a drone strike by Iran-backed militants on an outpost in Jordan a week ago.
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