After repeated attacks on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz occurred in recent days, in the last few hours other attacks were conducted against ships transiting the Red Sea. Yesterday the Faize Noore Oliya, which is part of the fleet of mechanised sailing vessel of the Directorate General of Navigation of India, was hit by a bullet while she was at the Yemen and sank. All 14 members of the crew, of which 13 of Indian nationality and one Yemeni were rescued. The attack was condemned by the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Today the spokesman of the Houthis, Yahya Sare'e, claimed a ballistic missile attack against the Saudi ship NCC Wafa off the coast of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The chemical/product tanker is part of the National Chemical Carriers fleet of the Bahri Saudi group.