A ship was attacked in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen by armed men firing guns and launching rocket-propelled grenades, reports AP, quoting a British military. According to the report, no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack,

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre reported that the vessel’s armed security team returned fire. “The situation is ongoing,” the agency said, adding that authorities are investigating.

Sunday’s attack comes against a backdrop of soaring regional tensions following the Israel-Hamas war, airstrikes by the United States on Iranian nuclear sites, and a brief Iran-Israel conflict