Houthi double strike on Bab al-Mandeb cargo ship leaves six dead amid Iran-war escalation
Yemen’s internationally recognised government says the Houthi rebels killed at least six people and wounded ten in a double strike on the Egyptian-owned cargo ship Tihamah in Bab al-Mandeb, the first shipping deaths linked to Houthis since the US-Israel war on Iran began; three Pakistanis and one Indonesian were killed, with a second strike hitting rescuers and killing at least two troops. Ten people were wounded in total. The incident comes as hostilities resume after a collapsed UN-backed truce, with broader regional tensions and ongoing attacks on shipping, and the US stating it targeted a vessel in the Gulf of Oman.