{"id":2115247,"date":"2023-12-04T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-declares-u-s-warship-commercial-vessels-under-attack-in-red-sea\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T17:51:16","slug":"pentagon-declares-u-s-warship-commercial-vessels-under-attack-in-red-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-declares-u-s-warship-commercial-vessels-under-attack-in-red-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon warns of attacks on US warship, commercial ships in Red Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-declares-u-s-warship-commercial-vessels-under-attack-in-red-sea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2115247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The guided-missile destroyer USS \u200dCarney\u2064 in Souda Bay, Greece. The\u200c American warship and multiple commercial ships \u2064came under\u2062 attack \u2063Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in\u200c the Red Sea, \u2064the \u2064Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of \u200cmaritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Bill \u200bDodge\/U.S.\u200d Navy via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>10:25\u200b AM \u2013 Sunday, December\u2064 3, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>The Pentagon \u200bAnnounces Attack on US Warship and Commercial Vessels in the Red Sea<\/h2>\n<p>The Pentagon\u200b has declared that a United States warship and\u200b several commercial vessels\u2062 are under attack in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Pentagon declared \u2063that\u2062 an American warship \u2063and several commercial ships have come under \u200cattack in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: An American warship\u200b and multiple \u2062commercial ships\u2063 are under attack in the Red\u2063 Sea according to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>The warship is reportedly the USS Carney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial\u2062 vessels in the Red Sea\u200d and will provide\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/56vET2NENR\">pic.twitter.com\/56vET2NENR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1731346632078451057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December\u2062 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Yemen\u2019s Houthi \u200dRebels, a Shia Islamist political and military organization, have announced\u2064 attacks on two ships believed to \u2064be linked to Israel, \u200cbut they have not claimed responsibility for targeting a\u2063 U.S. Navy vessel.<\/p>\n<p>This strike \u200bcould <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chip-roy-blasts-loudoun-county-schools-over-daily-wire-sex-assault-report-fight-this-now\/\" title=\"Rep. Chip Roy Blasts Loudoun County Schools Over Daily Wire Sex Assault Report: \u2018Fight This NOW\u2019\">potentially escalate<\/a> \u2064a series of maritime \u2064assaults in the Middle East that\u200d are connected to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re aware of reports regarding attacks\u2063 on the \u200bUSS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and \u2064will provide information as it becomes available, later,\u201d the Pentagon announced. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, \u2063have \u2062been launching drones and cruise missiles at\u2063 the\u2062 USS\u200b Carney, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-deploys-additional-firepower-to-the-middle-east-to-deter-iran\/\" title=\"Pentagon boosts firepower in Middle East to deter Iran.\">guided-missile\u2064 destroyer<\/a>, \u200bin recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Houthi rebels have\u200d claimed responsibility for the attack on Sunday. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is expected to provide an update soon.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the\u200c British military has mentioned\u200d an anticipated drone attack\u200b and several explosions in \u2062the Red Sea, \u200cbut \u2062has not provided further \u2062details. <\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has\u200c not disclosed the origin of the fire. However, while the conflict between \u2063Israel and Hamas\u2064 continues \u2064in the Gaza Strip, \u200cYemen\u2019s Houthi rebels have \u200dbeen targeting \u2064ships in the Red Sea and launching missiles\u200d and drones at \u200dIsrael.<\/p>\n<p>An \u2064anonymous U.S. authority, speaking about intelligence-related matters, announced that the \u2062attack began\u2063 at approximately\u200b 10:00 a.m. in Sanaa, Yemen, and lasted for about five hours.<\/p>\n<p>Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree also confirmed the attacks, stating that the first vessel was hit by a missile\u2062 and the second was\u200c struck by a \u2062drone in the\u200d Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects to the Red Sea near the Gulf of Aden.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: We&#8217;re getting \u2062reports that\u2062 a ship \u2064attacked by the \u2064Houthis in the Red \u200bSea is &#8220;at \u2064risk of \u200bsinking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Official TG <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NiE0HyOntm\">https:\/\/t.co\/NiE0HyOntm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/1731365911083565301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Saree did \u200cnot acknowledge any American warship being targeted in the attack. He stated that the attacks \u200bwill continue &#8220;as long as\u2063 Israel continues its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite a temporary ceasefire\u200c and hostage \u2062exchange between Israel and Hamas, global shipping remains a\u200c prominent target \u2062in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>With the breakdown of the truce, the resumption of Israeli airstrikes, and the ground offensive, the likelihood of seaborne attacks has  <\/p>\n<h2>Who is attacking American ships in the\u2064 Red Sea?<\/h2>\n<p><span>The Houthis\u2064 have launched a \u2062series of\u200d attacks\u200c on\u200d vessels in the Red Sea, as well\u2063 as launching drones and missiles targeting Israel. Not claimed responsibility for targeting a U.S. warship. This raises questions about\u2063 the motive behind the attack and the possibility of other actors\u200d being involved.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on\u2064 the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red\u2064 Sea comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-visits-west-bank-to-meet-palestinian-leader-abbas-as-gaza-war-rages\/\" title=\"Blinken visits West Bank amidst ongoing Gaza conflict to meet with Palestinian leader Abbas.\">amidst \u2062escalating tensions<\/a>\u200d in the Middle\u2062 East. The ongoing\u200d conflict between Israel and Hamas has already led\u200c to a series of maritime assaults in the\u200d region. The attack on the U.S. warship and commercial ships\u200b could potentially mark a major escalation in this series of attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels, who are backed by\u2063 Iran, have been \u2063actively involved in launching drones and cruise missiles at the USS Carney in\u200c recent weeks. They \u200chave claimed responsibility for the \u200battack on\u200b Sunday. However, they have not\u2062 claimed responsibility for targeting the U.S. warship, raising speculations about other actors\u2062 being involved.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has\u2063 acknowledged the reports of the attack and has stated that it will provide information as it\u200b becomes available. The U.S. Central Command \u2064(CENTCOM) is expected to provide an update on the situation soon.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to\u200d the\u200d attack on the warship, the British military has mentioned an anticipated \u200bdrone attack and several explosions in the\u2064 Red Sea. However, they have not provided further details\u200b about these incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The origin of the\u200b attack has not been disclosed by the Pentagon. It is\u200d crucial to\u200d determine the responsible party\u200d behind\u200b this attack in order to prevent further escalations and ensure the\u200d safety of\u200b maritime\u200d operations in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The attack \u200bon the U.S. warship and\u200d commercial vessels in the Red Sea highlights \u200cthe volatile and complex situation in \u2062the Middle\u200d East. It further emphasizes the need for international cooperation and\u2063 concerted efforts to\u2063 address\u2064 the underlying issues\u200c and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-response-to-putin-debate-challenge-shows-weakness-white-house-continues-to-deflect-amid-ramped-up-rhetoric-from-china-nk-and-russia\/\" title=\"Biden response to Putin debate challenge shows weakness, White House continues to deflect amid ramped up rhetoric from China, NK and Russia\">de-escalate tensions<\/a> in\u200c the \u2062region.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation continues to \u2063unfold, it is\u2064 important to closely\u2064 monitor developments and \u2064take\u2063 appropriate measures to safeguard\u2062 the\u2062 security\u2064 of maritime operations. The international \u200dcommunity \u2064should work\u200c together to promote peace, stability, and security in the Middle East, and\u2062 prevent further incidents that can potentially impact global maritime trade\u200d and security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USS Carney, a guided-missile destroyer, was attacked in the Red Sea on Dec. 3, 2023, along with commercial ships. This incident, potentially connected to the Israel-Hamas conflict, could signify a significant escalation in the ongoing series of maritime attacks in the Middle East. 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