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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Zoran Kusovac

Analysis: Can the US, Israel stop Yemen’s Houthis from seizing more ships?

The Galaxy Leader is seen at the port of Koper, Slovenia on September 16, 2008. Yemen's Houthi rebels seized the Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on November 19, 2023 [Kristijan Bracun/AP Photo]

On Sunday, Houthi fighters hijacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen.

The 189-metre-long (620ft-long) Galaxy Leader car carrier, travelling from Turkey to India, was intercepted by small fast boats and boarded by uniformed, armed personnel.

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