For ten days, rescue teams from the United States, Japan and Spain searched more than 21,000 square miles for the missing soldiers.
Two US Navy SEALs who went missing on January 11 during an operation to intercept Iranian weapons destined for Yemen’s Houthis are presumed dead. About that reported US Central Command (CENTCOM) on social media X on Monday, January 22.
“We regret to report that after an exhaustive ten-day search, two missing US Navy SEALs have not been located and their status has been changed to KIA,” the statement said.
The Pentagon said that during the operation in the Arabian Sea there was a storm on the Somali coast with a wave height of 2.4 meters. As the SEALs approach the suspicious ship and begin boarding it, a high wave knocks one SEAL overboard and the other dives on top of him.
Over the next ten days, rescue teams from the United States, Japan and Spain searched over 21,000 square miles for the missing soldiers. However, the search did not bring any results.
It was previously reported that on January 11, the US Navy intercepted Iranian weapons that were supposed to be delivered to the Houthis. Deliveries are carried out using a ship. The ship was rushed by the American military, supported by helicopters and drones. It happened off the Somali coast in the international waters of the Arabian Sea.
As you know, on January 12, military aircraft and ships of the United States and Great Britain carried out the first strikes on Houthi military targets in Yemen in response to attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea.
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Source: korrespondent
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