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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Yemen’s Houthis target Israel-linked ships in Red Sea. Here’s what to know

A view of a ship seized by Yemen's Houthis off the Red Sea coast last month, which is still held by the Iran-backed group [Houthi Media Office/Handout via Reuters]

The Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen has launched a series of new attacks against Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea that drew a response from a United States warship deployed in one of the world’s busiest maritime routes.

The powerful group, which controls Yemeni capital Sanaa and commands an expanding military, has promised more attacks will be launched if Israel and the US refuse to put a stop to the war on Gaza, which has killed more than 15,500 Palestinians since October 7.

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