On March 24, the U.S. Central Command announced that on the 23rd, the Houthis launched five missiles and attacked a "Chinese" merchant ship. And it was after four were launched around the perimeter of the merchant ship, and after waiting for some time, the fifth hit.
And according to AFP, the ship only caught fire after being hit, which was quickly extinguished. The ship only reported the attack, but did not call for help. Then the ship began again, sailing at anchor, and no casualties were reported.
The release of these two major news once again made the Red Sea full of unknowns.
Some time ago, mainland ships and Russian ships basically existed like "talismans" in the Red Sea, and Western ships such as Britain and the United States, in order not to detour to South Africa, came up with a bad move: that is, following our ships, dozens or even hundreds of ships, crowded in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, just to wait for the arrival of our ships. If you, the Houthis, are not careful, they will hit the Chinese ships, and you will have to weigh them up when the time comes. So we swarmed our ships in the middle, not afraid of collisions, and just squeezed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
And now this kind of sudden incident has once again brought the mood of the owners of major merchant ships in the Red Sea to a low point. If the attack had been intentional, no one's ship would have been safe.
The merchant ship was attacked, and I personally think it may be true, because judging from the information posted on the Internet, this attack should be the exact news that the Houthis have not yet fully grasped the ship, because:
The Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-operated vessel was named the Whampoa, but it was renamed the Anavatos II in February. Moreover, the ship's affiliated company is registered in Hong Kong, and the company has only this one ship. Coincidentally, the ship's information displayed on the Internet had not been changed before it was hit.
The strange thing is that this incident is not reported by the media, but the first report of the US Central Command, which makes people even more confused.
It really makes people wonder who is the capital behind the registration of Hong Kong's investment? If it is Western capital, let alone called Whampoa, it is called Zhonghua, and it must be within the scope of the Houthi armed forces.
Moreover, the mainland has always supported the establishment of a Palestinian state, and the main reason why the Houthis are tough with the United States and other Western countries is that they are responding to the Hamas forces in Palestine. Now that the United States has released this news, it is likely to be a counter-strategy.
On the morning of the 25th, after the unremitting efforts of the mainland and the support of other peace-loving countries, the United States finally used one veto in the first four votes of the United Nations on the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, and was forced to abstain in the fifth.
So no matter what tactics he uses now, we call for a ceasefire in Gaza, no more swordsmen during Ramadan, and then allow a large amount of aid to enter Gaza to help refugees. The Houthis and Hamas are still clear.
This also shows that for the first time since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the UN Security Council has explicitly adopted a ceasefire resolution. Dejurely, Gaza has stood on its feet.
If Israel continues to go its own way, it may become the enemy of the entire Arab world. At that time, even if the United States tries to save it, it will be useless, and the Middle East may completely get rid of the United States.