Explosions reported near ship on Red Sea in suspected Houthi attack

A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels saw multiple explosions strike near a vessel travelling through the Red Sea on Tuesday, even though, no damage was immediately reported by the ship, authorities said.

A vessel in the southern reaches of the Red Sea, about 80 miles southwest of the rebel-held port city of Hodeida, reported the attack, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said.

No one was wounded on board in the blasts, and the ship was continuing on its journey, the UKMTO added.

The Houthis didn’t immediately claim the attack. However, it can take the rebels hours or even days before they acknowledge one of their assaults. The attack comes as the rebels continue their months long assault targeting shipping through a waterway that typically sees $1 trillion in goods pass through it a year over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon Times of Israel. 2024 (Osamah Abdulrahman/AP)

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