Houthis
The hijacking was likely an Iranian attempt to hold ransom international shipping and the energy market in order to pressure Israel.
The Houthi propaganda video shows a helicopter adorned with the flags of Yemen and the PLO landing on the Israeli-linked vessel.
The Galaxy Leader is registered under a British company partially owned by an Israeli tycoon.
Former Israeli national security advisor: Attacks by Iran axis on U.S. military in region are getting more serious.
An interceptor missile effectively downed a target launched towards Israel from the Red Sea area.
A 20-year-old man suffered smoke inhalation.
The emergence of an air defense triad of Israel, the United States and Saudi Arabia is a major event.
The Houthi arsenal is extensive, and it is now being activated against Israel.
The move follows repeated missile and drone attacks by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.
The IDF also downed a drone that set off sirens in Eilat and was claimed by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Tim Lenderking said he hopes that “Iran will change behavior” and support the peace effort in Yemen.
“The Yemeni population suffers; they don’t get aid because it’s blocked by the Houthis, [who use] blackmail [to get] at least 50% of this humanitarian aid from the U.N. and the E.U.,” said Manel Msalmi, a Belgian-Tunisian academic, and founder and president of the NGO European Association for the Defense of Minorities.
