The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Tuesday that it conducted “six self-defense strikes” destroying an unmanned underwater vessel and 18 anti-ship missiles against Yemen's Houthis.

The strikes took place yesterday, Monday, at 2:50 PM and 11:30 PM (Sanaa time) after the Houthis launched earlier two anti-ship ballistic missiles towards the Red Sea targeting merchant vessel Pinocchio, a Singaporean-owned, Liberian-flagged ship, the strikes caused no injuries and no damage has been reported - according to CENTCOM’s statement.

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