The USS Carney, a guided missile destroyer patrolling the Red Sea, shot down more than a dozen Iranian-made drones fired by Houthi rebels operating in Yemen on Saturday, CBS News reports, the latest wave in attacks the group says it’s carrying out in support of Hamas in Gaza, CBS News reports.
Two major shipping companies, Mediterranean Shipping Company and Maersk, announced that they were stopping their ships from sailing into the Red Sea either through the Gulf of Aden or via the Suez Canal. A ship from MSC had been the target of a Houthi attack on Friday, suffering minor fire damage.