A Rescue Helicopter HAS Taken The Nineteen-Member Crew of the Cargo Ship Minerva Cheese, Which Sails Under The Dutch Flag, Off Board. The Ship was Attacked on Monday in the Gulf of Aden Near Yemen.
Two Crew Members Were Injured, One SeriOutly. This person Has Been tasks to Djibouti for Treatment, EU Mission Aspides Reported On Monday Night. That military mission watches about shipping in the red sea and the gulf of aden.
Accordance to the rescuers, the crew of the ship of the Dutch Shipping Company Spliethoff consisted of Russians, Ukrainians, Filipinos and Sri Lankans. Earlier, A Spokesperson for Spliethoff Said That Were No Dutch Nationals Among The Crew.
The Cargo Ship was Badly Damaged by An Explosion, Spliethoff Reported on Monday. Accordance to Aspides, The Ship is Adrift and On Fire.
It is not yet clear who is behind the attack. Since 2023, Houthi Rebels, Who Control a Large Part of Yemen, Have Attacked Several Cargo Ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.
The Rebel Group Says It is Targeting Ships That Have A Link with Israel. With the attacks, the Houthis Are Trying to Support Hamas in the War Against Israel in Gaza.