Suspected Yemen Houthi rebel attacks target shipping in Red Sea

Suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted at least one ship in the Red Sea. The incidents Tuesday likely marks their first assault on commercial shipping in weeks as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to become a regional conflict. The first attack Tuesday morning took place off the port city of Hodeida in the Red Sea, which has become a battlefield for shippers since the Houthis began their campaign targeting ships traveling through a waterway that once saw $1 trillion a year of cargo pass through it. A captain on a ship saw four “splashes” near his vessel, likely missile or drone fire. Another happened later further north. The Houthis did not immediately claim the attacks. However, they sometimes take hours or days acknowledge one of their assaults.