The USS Carney and three commercial ships, supposedly owned by Israelis, were attacked with ballistic missiles by the Houthis while in the Red Sea.

The attack went on for five hours and three commercial ships were hit. One of the ships sent out a distress call, to which the Carney answered.

Here’s more via the New York Post:

A US warship and three commercial vessels were attacked in the Red Sea off Yemen on Sunday — an intense development that American officials said appeared to be “fully enabled by Iran.

“The United States will consider all appropriate responses in full coordination with its international allies and partners,” the US Central Command warned in a statement of the incident, which ratcheted up maritime tensions in the Middle East during the Israel-Hamas war.

The USS Carney — which previously shot down missiles and drones aiming for it as it escorted a commercial vessel through the war-torn region — was targeted along with at least three commercial ships starting around 10 a.m. local time in an assault that lasted about five hours, the Pentagon and an unnamed US official said, according to The Associated Press.

The three commercial vessles were struck by the missiles, but it did not appear that the American warship was hit.

“We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available,” the Pentagon said in a statement.

US officials did not identify where the military fire came from. They only said the Carney shot down at least three drones Sunday.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels — who have proclaimed they would attack ships on the Red Sea over Israeli’s ground incursion into Gaza — later acknowledged that they had targeted two Israeli commercial ships Sunday but did not mention the US Navy vessel.

US Central Command said it had “every reason to believe that these attacks, while launched by the Houthis in Yemen, are fully enabled by Iran.”

The rebel group claimed it had aimed for two commercial vessels, the Unity Explorer and Number Nine, because the ships failed to heed warnings to get out of the region.

The USS Carney had received a distress call from the Explorer after the vessel had been fired upon by a ballistic missile, US officials said.

At least one commercial vessel was known to be hit Sunday, a ship belonging to a British company owned by Danny Ungar, the son of Israeli shipping magnate Rami Ungar.

The US Navy destroyer previously engaged with the rebel group Wednesday when it took out a drone launched from Yemen, according to Fox News.