The Houthis will resume attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea if those ships have ties to companies that work with Israeli ports, the Yemen-based group announced this week. While the Houthis are calling it a “fourth phase of escalation,

As Gaza ceasefire talks collapse, the Houthis escalate Red Sea attacks by threatening all global shipping linked to Israel, deepening regional instability and humanitarian crisis.

The challenge for any outside force looking to use military means against the group is how to handicap them,’ one expert says.

Yemen's Houthis announced Sunday they would be escalating their attacks on ships in the Red Sea, attacking any vessel with ties to firms dealing with Israeli ports. This, they said, was part of the fourth phase of their military operations against Israel in what they have expressed to be their acts of solidarity with the Palestinians.

Yemen's Houthi rebels released footage on Monday of missing crew members from a cargo ship the rebels sank three weeks ago, saying 11 sailors had been “rescued”. Many of the Eternity C's crew were unaccounted for after the Houthis attacked the ship in the Red Sea,

Greece will deploy a salvage vessel in the Red Sea to assist in maritime accidents and protect seafarers and global shipping, the shipping minister said on Thursday, following attacks on two Greek vessels by Yemen's Houthi militants this month.