Tanker Ship Off India Hit by Attack Drone ‘Fired From Iran,’ Pentagon Says

A Japanese-owned chemical tanker struck Saturday off the coast of India was targeted by a drone “fired from Iran,” the Pentagon said in a statement, a sign of expanding risks to commercial shipping beyond the Red Sea.

The attack came amid a flurry of drone and missile strikes by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on a vital Red Sea shipping lane. The attacks began after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, with the rebel group claiming to act in solidarity with Gaza.

Saturday’s attack took place around 10 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) and caused no casualties aboard the vessel,…