Six killed in Houthi attack on Bab al-Mandeb ship, Yemen’s government says

Six people were killed in a Houthi attack on the Egyptian-owned ship Tihamah near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, according to Yemen's government, as Al Jazeera reports. The Bab al-Mandeb is a narrow chokepoint for shipping between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. These are the first shipping deaths linked to the Houthis since the US-Israel war on Iran began.

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