Explosion reported near vessel in Red Sea off Yemen

A merchant vessel reported an explosion took place near it in the Red Sea on Thursday about 19 nautical miles west of the Yemeni port city of Mokha, British security firm Ambrey said.

Separately, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said it had been informed of two explosions near a vessel 27 miles south of Mokha.
There was no damage reported, all crew were safe and the vessel was proceeding to its next port of call, the UKMTO said in a statement, Reuters reported.

It was unclear whether the incidents reported by Ambrey and UKMTO were the same.

Later  , Yemeni forces said in statement that they  targeted a ship that violated the decision to ban entry to the port of Haifa in occupied Palestine .

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