Houthis Resume Shipping Attacks, Targeting a Ship Off Yemen

Published on August 9, 2024

Houthi rebels have resumed attacks on shipping off the coast of Yemen. On Aug. 7, the terror group said it had targeted a container ship, the Contship Ono, with ballistic missiles and drones. The attacks broke a two-week lull. After the Houthis fired a missile on July 19—hitting an apartment building in downtown Tel Aviv less than a half-mile from the U.S. consulate—Israel retaliated the next day with an air strike against the rebel group’s main port of Hodeidah. That strike hit fuel depots and electrical stations. The Houthi attacks resumed after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31....

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