Drone boat hits ship in Red Sea as missile strikes another in likely assaults by Yemen Houthi rebels

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosive-loaded drone has crashed into one ship in the Red Sea as a missile exploded against another. The attacks Tuesday likely are the rebels’ first assaults on commercial shipping in weeks as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to become a regional conflict. The first attack saw likely missile fire miss before a drone boat exploded against it. Another attack targeted a separate ship with a missile, causing damage. That’s according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center and the private security firm Ambrey. The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the attacks. However, they sometimes take hours or days to acknowledge their assaults.