By Mohammed Sameai
SANAA, Yemen (AA) - The Houthi group Thursday evening claimed that a Yemeni fisherman was seriously injured in firing from an American warship in the Red Sea.
"The fisherman, Hisham Abbas Qubsa, was seriously injured as a result of gunfire from an American warship in the Red Sea," the Houthi-run SABA News Agency reported, citing a statement by the group's Ministry of Fisheries.
It added that he was shot while "he was fishing in the sea west of al Hanish al Kabir Island."
There has been no comment by the US on the group's statement as yet.
The Houthis have been targeting ships that are Israeli-owned, flagged, operated or heading to Israeli ports in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden with missiles and drones in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been under a devastating Israeli offensive since Oct. 7, 2023.
With the US and UK launching retaliatory airstrikes against Houthi sites inside Yemen, the Houthis declared that they consider all American and British ships military targets.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio in Istanbul