2 Ships Targeted in Suspected Houthi Attack in Red Sea

Just days earlier, the Israeli military struck Houthi targets in Yemen.

A container ship crosses an oil platform at the Gulf of Suez toward the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, outside of Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 1, 2020. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Two vessels were struck while traversing in the Red Sea off Yemen on Tuesday, both sustaining damage in what are believed to be attacks carried out by the Houthi terrorist group, according to a UK maritime agency.

These incidents could mark the Iran-backed Houthis’ first attacks on commercial ships in weeks amid increased tensions between Israel and another Iran-backed terrorist group, Hezbollah, in Lebanon.