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Two killed in Houthi missile attack on cargo ship - US officials [View all]
Source: BBC
Two crew members have been killed in a Houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off southern Yemen, US officials say - the first deaths the group's attacks on merchant vessels have caused.
The Barbados-flagged True Confidence had been abandoned and was drifting with a fire on board, managers said.
It was hit in the Gulf of Aden at about 09:30 GMT, they added.
The Houthis say their attacks are to support the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68490695
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