CAIRO (Reuters) – Britain’s defence ministry stated on Sunday an announcement by Yemen’s Houthis that that they had fired ballistic missiles at a British destroyer within the Pink Sea was false.

The Houthis didn’t say whether or not the assault they stated that they had carried out on the HMS Diamond had induced any injury, however described it as “accurate”.

“These claims are untrue,” a British Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesperson stated.

The Houthis stated that they had additionally attacked two industrial vessels which they recognized because the Norderney and Tavvishi.

The assertion stated the Tavvishi – which was within the Arabian Sea – and the Norderney had each been hit, and {that a} fireplace broke out on the Norderney.

The Houthi militia, which controls essentially the most populous components of Yemen, has staged assaults on ships within the waters off the nation since November in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

The marketing campaign has disrupted world delivery, forcing corporations to re-route to longer and dearer journeys round southern Africa, and stoked fears that the Israel-Hamas struggle may unfold and destabilise the broader Center East.

The USA and Britain have carried out strikes in opposition to Houthi targets in response to the assaults on delivery.