A missile attack damages a ship in the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast near previous Houthi rebel assaults

By JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack has damaged a ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. A private security firm says radio traffic suggested the vessel took on water after being struck. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Tuesday, but suspicion immediately fell on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have launched a number of attacks targeting ships over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The assault happened off the port city of Hodeida in the southern Red Sea, near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links it to the Gulf of Aden. The British military reported the attack and said the vessel sustained damage, though its crew was safe.