The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mason pulls alongside a fleet replenishment oiler in the Atlantic Ocean, July 17, 2021.
The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mason pulls alongside a fleet replenishment oiler in the Atlantic Ocean, July 17, 2021.
  • Missiles were fired from Houthi-controlled territory toward a US Navy ship responding to an attempted hijacking on Monday.
  • The ship, the destroyer USS Mason, was targeted by the Iran-backed rebels near Yemen a few years ago. 
  • The Houthis' involvement in the Israel-Hamas war has led the US to take defensive measures.

Missiles were fired from Houthi-controlled territory on Monday toward a US Navy destroyer that rescued a commercial vessel from an attempted hijacking off the coast of Yemen. It's the same American warship that the Iran-backed rebels targeted in the area a few years ago.