Britain said that one of its warships had shot down a suspected attack drone, and several shipping companies have temporarily stopped sending vessels through the Red Sea.
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In Israel, Jake Sullivan Denies Talk of a Rift Over Gaza War
“We’re not here to tell anybody, ‘You must do X, you must do Y,’” the national security adviser said. His visit came as the Israeli military said it had accidentally killed three Israeli hostages.
Houthi Militia Attacks Ship Near the Red Sea, Pentagon Says
The attack was the latest by the group on targets in the Red Sea and the broader region during more than two months of war between Israel and Hamas.
Yemen’s Houthi Militia Threatens to Block All Ships Headed to Israel
It was unclear to what extent the Iranian-backed militia, which controls northern Yemen, would be able to act on its expanded warning.
Iran Looks to Houthi Proxies to Escalate Fight With Israel
The Iranian-backed militia in Yemen has launched drone and missile attacks on Israeli and American targets. American officials fear the group could go too far and incite a wider war.
U.S. Navy Shoots Down Drones in Red Sea After Houthis Claim to Target Israeli Ships
A Pentagon official said the U.S.S. Carney shot down the drones as several commercial ships nearby came under fire on Sunday, in attacks that U.S. Central Command said came from Iran-backed Yemeni Houthis.
Satellite Imagery Shows Ship Hijacked by Houthis Near Yemen Port
The vessel arrived Monday and was at anchor on Tuesday off the busy Red Sea port of Al-Hudaydah, according to an analysis of the imagery by The New York Times.
Video Shows Yemen’s Houthi Militia Hijacking Ship in the Red Sea
The video, released by the Houthi militia, holds clues about when and where the ship was hijacked.
Israel Says Yemen’s Houthis Hijacked a Ship in the Red Sea
There was no immediate confirmation from the Houthis about the alleged hijacking. Only hours earlier, the Iran-backed militia had issued a statement threatening to target Israeli flagged, owned and operated ships.
Houthi Rebels Shot Down a U.S. Drone Off Yemen’s Coast, Pentagon Says
The downing of a Reaper drone, the mainstay of the American military’s aerial surveillance fleet, was the latest escalation of violence between the U.S. and Iran-backed groups in Yemen, Iraq and Syria.