The Yemeni group, which has not claimed responsibility for the attack, says Israel-linked ships are ‘legitimate target’.

Israel launched airstrikes on Houthi positions in three Yemeni ports and a power plant, marking its first military action in Yemen in nearly a month.

Israel struck Houthi targets at three Yemeni ports and a power plant overnight, in the country’s first attack on Yemen since the Israel-Iran ceasefire.

The Houthis have returned with a new tactical playbook after a 230-day pause in their attacks on shipping. In two attacks this week, small boats swarmed a Greek bulker and fired on it with weapons that included rocket-propelled grenades and small arms.

Three more Filipino crew members of Liberian-flagged ship 'Eternity C,' which sank in the Red Sea after being attacked by Houthis off Yemen's coast, have been safely pulled out, bringing the total number of rescued Filipino seafarers to eight,