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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Are Houthi Red Sea attacks hurting Israel and disrupting global trade?

A boat carrying people sails near the Galaxy Leader commercial ship, seized by Yemen's Houthis last month, off the coast of as-Salif, Yemen, December 5, 2023 [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]

Some of the largest shipping companies in the world have been forced to reroute their vessels at considerable costs after Yemen’s Houthi group targeted ships headed towards Israeli ports in solidarity with Palestinians.

The Iran-aligned group has demanded that Israel allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, which has been reeling from more than two months of Israeli siege and bombardment. The Yemeni group has also called on Israel to end its brutal war on Gaza that has killed over 19,000 Palestinians.

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