The guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner has shot down a Yemeni Houthi rebel drone while sailing in the Red Sea, US officials have confirmed, while stressing that fortunately no one was injured.
This is the next attack in a wave of missiles against US forces stationed in Iraq and Syria by Houthi rebels, who are backed by Iran. These attacks are commented by experts as a revenge for the US support to Israel in the war against Hamas.
After Hamas's first attack on Israel, US President Joe Biden expressed his willingness to help Israel, and a fleet of warships, led by the world's largest warship USS Gerald R. Ford, was immediately dispatched to the eastern Mediterranean.
The US Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier was deployed to the area along with the military's most modern equipment, including a fleet of destroyers, missile cruisers and F-35 fighter jets. (A2 Televizion)