Rescue teams operating in the Red Sea have recovered four additional survivors—three crew members and a security guard—following the recent missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on the Greek-managed commercial vessel Eternity C.
According to maritime security sources, the individuals had been drifting in open waters for over 48 hours before being located and rescued on Thursday. Their retrieval brings the number of rescued persons to ten, comprising eight Filipino seafarers, one Indian national, and one Greek security operative.
Search operations remain ongoing, with at least eleven individuals still unaccounted for. The Houthi group, backed by Iran, has claimed responsibility for the missile strike and further alleged that some crew members are in their custody—an assertion yet to be independently verified.
“This success reinforces our resolve to continue the search, as requested by the vessel’s operator, and validates the effectiveness of our rescue strategy,” stated Nikos Georgopoulos, an executive at Diaplous, the Greece-based maritime security consultancy aiding the effort.
The Eternity C, which flies the Liberian flag but is under Greek management, was hit by a missile on Tuesday while navigating the southern corridor of the Red Sea—an area increasingly threatened by Houthi aggression against commercial maritime traffic.
International maritime bodies and allied naval forces have widely condemned the attack, urging an immediate cessation of hostilities against merchant vessels. Rescue operations, supported by naval assets from multiple countries, continue amid cautious optimism for further recoveries.
