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United States Central Command said Sunday that Houthis fired an anti-ship cruise missile towards the USS Laboon, a guided missile destroyer at approximately 4:45 p.m. local time while it was operating in the Southern Red Sea.

U.S. fighter aircraft shot down the missile in the vicinity of the coast of Hudaydah, Yemen, Centcom said.

There were no injuries or damage reported.

On Monday, Houthis continues to violate the  Washington-Led Coalition

A.P reported:  Houthi rebels fired a missile, striking a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they launched an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea.

The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, later claimed by the Houthis, further escalates tensions gripping the Red Sea after American-led strikes on the rebels. The Houthis’ attacks have roiled global shipping, amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, targeting a crucial corridor linking Asian and Mideast energy and cargo shipments to the Suez Canal onward to Europe.

⚠️ BRINK OF WW3 ⚠️

As mentioned in my original post, this video is stock footage, the Missile Attack on US-Owned Cargo Ship ‘GIBRALTAR EAGLE’ Carried Out By AnsarAllah Yemen happened on a similar size ship and no footage has been released yet.

🚨Are more attacks coming??? 🚨 pic.twitter.com/V7GKN4cYNN

— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) January 15, 2024

 The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which oversees Mideast waters, said Monday’s attack happened some 110 miles (177 kilometers) miles southeast of Aden. It said the ship’s captain reported that the “port side of vessel hit from above by a missile.”

Private security firms Ambrey and Dryad Global told The Associated Press that the vessel was the Eagle Gibraltar, a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier. The U.S. military’s Central Command later acknowledged the strike.

Centcom: A Yemeni missile hit an American ship.The attacked ship was the bulk carrier Gibraltar Eagle (GIBRALTAR EAGLE) with the flag of the Marshall Islands. pic.twitter.com/8tABduEIAG

— 𝐀𝐋𝐈 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐘 🇾🇪 (@ebn_alegry) January 15, 2024

“The ship has reported no injuries or significant damage and is continuing its journey,” Central Command said.

The latest attack comes after President Joe Biden ordered strikes against the Houthis on January 11 to “degrade” the Houthi’s capability to continue attacking U.S. military and global commercial vessels in the Red Sea.

On Jan. 15 at approximately 4 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi militants fired an anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and struck the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, a Marshall Islands-flagged, U.S.-owned and operated container ship. The ship has… pic.twitter.com/gixEMaUiVT

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 15, 2024

The U.S., in conjunction with the U.K. fired more than 150 munitions at 16 different locations that included radar systems, air defense systems, and storage and launch sites for one way attack drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.

Biden said after those strikes that they were a “clear message that the United States and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most critical commercial routes.”

He also warned, “I will not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people and the free flow of international commerce as necessary.”

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also said the strikes sent a “clear message” to the Houthis that they would “bear further costs” if they did not stop attacking ships in the Red Sea:

This action is intended to disrupt and degrade the Houthis’ capabilities to endanger mariners and threaten global trade in one of the world’s most critical waterways. Today’s coalition action sends a clear message to the Houthis that they will bear further costs if they do not end their illegal attacks.

The Houthis vowed retaliation after the strikes

The Houthis, who are funded and supported by Iran, have launched more than 25 attacks at ships crossing the Red Sea.

They have claimed the attacks are in retaliation for Israel’s offensive against Hamas, after the terrorist group conducted a terror attack in southern Israel that killed more than 1,200.