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YEMEN's Houthi forces say they have carried out drone attacks on the Israeli port city of Eilat, reports Aljazeera.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said his forces conducted drone attacks on Eilat and "other areas".
Mr Sarea said the group also launched missiles at an MSC United vessel in the Red Sea after it rejected three warning calls.
MSC Mediterranean confirmed that its Liberian flagged 8,200-TEU MSC United VIII, en route from Jeddah to Karachi came under attack without saying anything about the nature of the attack.
The statement comes several hours after a British maritime group said it received reports of an incident involving a vessel off the coast of Yemen, saying that drones were sighted and an explosion was heard.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the incident took place about 60 nautical miles (111 km) outside of Yemen's Hodeidah port.
"A commercial shipping vessel came under attack by two suicide drones," Al Jazeera correspondent Resul Serdar reported from Djibouti.
"It says the drones didn't cause any damage on the ship. The ship is now safe, continuing its voyage, and they are in constant communication with the naval coalition formed by the United States."
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