{"id":1545541,"date":"2025-07-06T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1545541"},"modified":"2025-07-06T18:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:35:00","slug":"merchant-ship-attacked-with-rpgs-in-southern-red-sea-chokepoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/merchant-ship-attacked-with-rpgs-in-southern-red-sea-chokepoint\/1545541\/","title":{"rendered":"Merchant Ship Attacked With RPGs In Southern Red Sea Chokepoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Merchant Ship Attacked With RPGs In Southern Red Sea Chokepoint <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>On Saturday evening,\u00a0air raid sirens sounded\u00a0across\u00a0the Dead Sea region and parts of the West Bank following the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen toward Israel. The launch, attributed to Iran-backed Houthi forces, marks an alarming expansion of their missile capabilities beyond the Red Sea maritime chokepoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, on Sunday morning,\u00a0the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) received a report\u00a0that a merchant vessel transiting 51 nautical miles southwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen, came under attack by multiple boats armed with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades.\u00a0The vessel&#8217;s onboard security team returned fire.\u00a0The incident remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>UKTMO wrote:<\/p>\n<p><em>UKMTO has received a report of an incident 51NM southwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen. The vessel has been engaged by multiple small vessels who have opened fire with small arms and self-propelled grenades. Armed Security Team have returned fire and situation is ongoing. Authorities are investigating. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/GvLKb2dWEAAyugb.jpg?itok=UWqDswX8\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The missile launch and maritime attack appear to be coordinated escalatory actions by the Iranian proxy group across multiple domains\u2014air and maritime.<\/p>\n<p>An update on Iran-Israel-U.S. tensions: The situation has calmed since the U.S. stealth bomber airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities. However, President Trump stated on Friday that Tehran has yet to agree to nuclear inspections or cease uranium enrichment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump told\u00a0reporters on board Air Force One that he\u00a0believed Tehran&#8217;s nuclear program had been &#8220;set back permanently,&#8221; although he warned Iran could restart at a different location.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit the White House on Monday, where a\u00a0potential ceasefire deal could materialize to end the\u00a021-month war in Gaza.\u00a0Trump has previously\u00a0announced a &#8220;final proposal&#8221; for a 60-day ceasefire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 07\/06\/2025 &#8211; 14:35<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/merchant-ship-attacked-rpgs-southern-red-sea-chokepoint\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/merchant-ship-attacked-rpgs-southern-red-sea-chokepoint<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merchant Ship Attacked With RPGs In Southern Red Sea Chokepoint On Saturday evening,\u00a0air raid sirens sounded\u00a0across\u00a0the Dead Sea region and parts of the West Bank&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1545542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1545541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbimBl-6u45","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GvLKb2dWEAAyugb-XqdUZy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1545542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}