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

What the report says

Yemen’s internationally recognised government said the Houthi movement killed at least six people and injured 10 others in a double strike on a cargo ship in the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The vessel, the Egyptian-owned Tihamah, was attacked on Tuesday, according to the account cited by Al Jazeera. The government said the dead included three Pakistani nationals and one Indonesian national, and that the ship suffered significant damage after being hit by ballistic missiles and fire broke out onboard.

Officials said the second strike came as rescue crews were evacuating the dead and wounded, raising the toll among emergency responders. Yemen’s coastguard said at least two troops were killed in that follow-up attack. The incident is being described as the first shipping deaths linked to the Houthis since the war between the United States, Israel and Iran began earlier this year, underscoring how maritime traffic in the Red Sea and nearby waters remains exposed to the wider regional conflict.

No Houthi statement directly addressed the cargo ship attack in the article, although the group’s media outlet separately reported a strike on a Saudi ship it said was carrying military equipment. Yemen’s Foreign Ministry condemned the assault and urged stronger international action. More broadly, the report said the attack comes amid an unraveling truce in Yemen’s civil war and a pattern of Houthi and coalition strikes that has disrupted shipping, military sites and civilian areas across Yemen and the Red Sea region.