Yemen’s Houthis intend to expand the geography of attacks on commercial ships

Yemen’s Houthis are exploring the possibility of attacking ships they believe are associated with Israel, not just in the Red Sea, movement leader Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi said. This was reported by the Al Masirah television channel.

“He (Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi) warned that Yemen is working to develop capabilities to attack ships linked to Israel in other seas.” – says the material.

The Houthi leader noted that it is now rare for ships associated with the United States, Israel and Britain to appear in the Red Sea.

The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since fall 2023; This is how they responded to the Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip. The group claims that its targets are objects associated with Israel and that British and American ships are also being attacked. In response, the United States and the United Kingdom are launching retaliatory strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.

Al-Houthi also said that Yemeni military forces carried out “four ship destruction operations” in the eastern Arabian Sea over the past week. This is not the first attack in this sea: at the beginning of October they attacked the ship Marathopolis in the Indian Ocean. When it passed through the Arabian Sea, it was attacked again, RBC clarifies.