Yemen’s Houthis fire at Israel airport amid search for Red Sea ship crew

Four sailors from Eternity C dead, 10 recovered alive, 11 inactive missing – six believed to beryllium successful Houthi hands.

Houthi rebels successful Yemen attempted to onslaught Israel’s Ben Gurion airdrome aft sinking 2 vessels successful the Red Sea this week, arsenic the radical ramps up its subject unit successful enactment of Palestinians nether Israeli occurrence successful its bid to bring the warfare successful Gaza to an end.

Houthi subject spokesperson Yahya Saree said connected Thursday that the radical had carried retired a “qualitative subject operation” with a ballistic rocket aft the Israeli subject reported the onslaught had been intercepted.

Meanwhile, maritime information sources told the Reuters quality bureau that the Houthis were holding six unit members from the Greek-operated, Liberia-flagged Eternity C vessel, which the rebel radical attacked connected Monday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 sailors.

A full of 25 radical were connected committee the Eternity C, according to Aspides, the European Union’s naval task unit patrolling the Red Sea. Ten unit members were reportedly pulled retired of the oversea live aft the vas sank connected Tuesday, portion 11 are inactive missing – with six believed to beryllium successful Houthi hands.

Saree said connected Wednesday that the Houthis had “moved to rescue a fig of the ship’s crew, supply them with aesculapian attraction and transport them to a harmless location”.

The United States embassy successful Yemen countered that connected X, accusing the rebels of kidnapping the unit members aft “killing their shipmates, sinking their vessel and hampering rescue efforts”.

The onslaught connected the Eternity C came 1 time aft the Houthis struck and sunk the Magic Seas, reviving a run launched successful November 2023 that has seen much than 100 ships attacked. All the unit from the Magic Seas were rescued.

After Sunday’s attack, the Houthis declared that ships owned by companies with ties to Israel were a “legitimate target” and pledged to “prevent Israeli navigation successful the Red and Arabian Seas … until the aggression against Gaza stops and the blockade is lifted”.

Late connected Sunday, Israel’s subject attacked Yemen, bombing the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Isa and as-Salif, arsenic good arsenic the Ras Qantib powerfulness works connected the coast. The Houthis had fired missiles towards Israeli territory successful retaliation.

Israel said its attacks besides deed a ship, the Galaxy Leader, which was seized by the Houthis successful precocious 2023 and held successful Ras Isa port.

The Houthis held 25 unit members from the Galaxy for 430 days earlier releasing them successful January this year.