Liberia-flagged oil tanker Chios Lion was assessing damage and investigating a potential oil spill after it was attacked by Yemen's Houthis in the Red Sea, the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said on Tuesday. 

An unmanned watercraft inflicted minor damage to Chios Lion's port side on Monday as part of a swarm of attacks by the Houthis on the vessel and another ship sailing around 100 nautical miles northwest of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah.

The manager of Chios Lion did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Yemen's Houthis released videos on Tuesday said to show scenes of the targeting process of the oil tanker Chios Lion. Reuters was not able to independently verify the location or the date when the videos were filmed.

The Houthis said they targeted Chios Lion and Panama-flagged Bentley I with ballistic missiles, drones and booby-trapped boats in response to the deadly Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Saturday.  

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