The British Observatory reported on Tuesday night an attack and fire aboard a vessel in the Red Sea, near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The personnel is safe.
At the same time, the Houthi militia said it would make an announcement in the coming hours. It is believed that this was another act of terror against a ship, after two vessels were forced to withdraw from their sail towards Israel, according to Arab reports.
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At the same time as the attack on the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia's Al-Hadath network reported explosions in a Houthi stronghold in Yemen's city of Taiz. According to the report, planes were circling over the city before the explosions.
These events come after the Houthis issued an ultimatum that they would not allow vessels from any country to sail towards Israel as long as humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip was not increased.
This tension raises many concerns in an area considered an international shipping route. Egypt, for example, expressed concern that the current situation would harm the revenues of the Suez Canal, one of the country's main sources of income.
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