Suicide drones have struck two Israeli-linked oil tankers near the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean. Both tankers are said to have been seriously damaged by the explosions.
The Maldives are located about 2,000km from Yemen, far away from the (failing) US "Operation Prosperity Guardian" wherein naval vessels form the US and other countries are patrolling the Red Sea and the Gulf of Arabia, to protect commercial vessels from Yemen Houthis firing missiles and drones at them.
The Houthis are hitting only vessels linked to -- or traveling to/from -- Israel.
Yemen is imposing this naval blockade as punishment for the ongoing Israeli attacks upon the Gaza Strip which have, in two months, killed more than 21,000 Palestinian civilians.
The map below shows the Maldives and how far they are from Yemen.
