Situation in the Red Sea (Houthi Thread)

In response to the Israeli assassination of the Houthi government officials, Houthis launched attacks against 3 merchant vessels:
"Scarlet Ray" a Liberia-flagged tanker owned by an Israeli oligarch Idan Ofer, and operated through a Singaporean intermediary: Eastern Pacific Shipping.
"MSC Aby" a Liberia-flagged container ship, owned by the Swiss-Italian shipping giant MSC.
The third vessels remains unidentified.
None of the attacks was successful - all vessels reported explosions in their proximity. All attacks happened off the Saudi coast.

Also, undersea cables have been cut.
 
Israeli air force carried out strikes against the Houthis. Office of the Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree was one of the targets. Reportedly he survived (unclear if he even was there at the time).



The first site was located in a densely populated area resulting in mass casualties - over 130 people killed and wounded, so far.
 
Houthi drones over southern Israel. No confirmed hits, so far.

Yemen’s Houthis are expected to release a statement from their military spokesman shortly, following what appears to be two separate waves of drone attacks launched over the past six hours targeting Eilat, in southern Israel. One video circulating online shows the interception of a Houthi UAV by the @IAFsite over the Arava region, near Eilat, earlier today. Another video captures the sirens sounding in the area as the attacks unfolded.
Meanwhile, the @IDF addressed the incident, stating that alerts were activated earlier following reports of a possible hostile aircraft infiltration over Eilat and Be’er Ora. The military later clarified that it was likely a false identification and confirmed that the event has concluded, though it noted that the details remain under investigation.
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Israel once again attacked the port of Hodeidah.

The IDF confirms carrying out airstrikes against "military infrastructure" at the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeida in western Yemen. The port is used by the Houthis to smuggle weapons to Yemen from Iran, which are then used in attacks on Israel and its allies, the military says. The strikes come following repeated Houthi ballistic missile and drone attacks on Israel, the latest on Sunday.
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In response Houthis launched a ballistic missile toward central Israel.

In the past hour, a missile launched from Yemen triggered alerts across the Dan region, Shephelah, Judea, Jerusalem, Yarkon, Lachish, and Samaria. The missile was successfully intercepted over Eilat, but as a precaution, Israeli airspace was closed. Prime Minister @netanyahu's official plane, "Zion Wing," was forced to make an emergency landing at Eilat Airport, flying low over the city during the tense incident.
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Houthis launched a combined missile and drone attack against Israel. At least one drone got through and hit Eilat.
In rare footage, a Houthi Samad-series drone is seen striking the side of an alleged hotel in Eilat.
Afterwards, a Houthi military spokesman claimed that their missile unit had launched a Palestine II hypersonic ballistic missile targeting what he described as a “sensitive” military site in Tel Aviv, adding that the strike was successful and caused millions of settlers to flee to shelters. The spokesman also stated that Houthi drone forces carried out attacks on multiple sites in Eilat using three drones in the first wave, followed by a second wave that targeted Beersheba with a single drone.
For its part, the IDF reported that it intercepted two unmanned aircraft earlier in the evening that had been launched from Yemen, noting that no alerts were activated in accordance with operational policy, while confirming that it is investigating the fall of a UAV in Eilat airspace.
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Missiles were successfully intercepted.
 
Like clockwork, in response to yesterday's drone strike on Eilat, Israeli air force bombed Sanaa, Yemen. 20 planes dropped almost 70 munitions on targets including government buildings, causing another mass casualty event with at least 150 killed and wounded.
Some 20 Israeli Air Force fighter jets dropped more than 65 munitions on Houthi targets in Sanaa this afternoon, marking the highest number of munitions used in a single IAF strike in Yemen, according to the military.In all, seven targets were struck, including five military headquarters where Houthi operatives were gathered, and two weapon storage facilities, the IDF says.Aerial refuelings were also conducted during the operation.
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Full list of targets:

 
LaAguilaNegra said:
For the second time in under a month the Saudis intercepted Ansarallah missiles/drones over Medina, the city with the the second holiest sites in Islam



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Looks like their efforts to intimidate the Saudis - attacking ships off the Saudi coast, timing attacks with Saudi-Iran talks - didn't work.
 
It_Is_My_Time said:
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"Minervagracht" - Netherlands-flagged, owned and operated general cargo ship was hit by at least one ballistic missile in the Gulf of Aden. This was the second attack on this vessel in a week - Houthi missile missed her on Semtember 23 when she was en route to Djibouti.
She's burning and adrift after the crew (19 crewmen from: Russia, Ukraine, Philippines, and Sri Lanka) was evacuated by warships from the EU operation Aspides. 2 sailors were injured, 1 severely - he was taken to Djibouti.
gcaptain.com

Dutch Cargo Ship 'Minervagracth' Attacked in Gulf of Aden, Vessel Adrift and On Fire

British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Monday that a Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship reportedly came under attack 120 nautical miles southeast of Yemen's port city of Aden.
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TruckDriver9 said:
Looks like their efforts to intimidate the Saudis - attacking ships off the Saudi coast, timing attacks with Saudi-Iran talks - didn't work.
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There are currently no high level talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia AFAIK, although the Iranians did/do have a habit of activating their proxies during tense negotiations as to create leverage. These Ansarallah provocations are more likely to be connected to the alleged Saudi-Emirati plans to renew a ground offensive against Ansarallah, or to the alleged Aden government's intention to join the Abraham Accords.

 
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LaAguilaNegra said:
There are currently no high level talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia
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Iranian foreign minister was in Saudi Arabia meeting with MBS in July when "Magic Seas" and "Eternity C" were attacked.


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Thomas More said:
I don't know if I am right about this, but I would imagine this case will be more of a harm to the Houthi cause than a help.
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Depends how You define their cause.
The way I see it, these attacks happened at the time when the Iranian foreign minister was visiting Saudi Arabia to meet the crown prince and other high ranking dignitaries. Coincidence? I think not. I think these attacks were launched to demonstrate that Iran, despite American and Israeli strikes, retains some power in the region.


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TruckDriver9 said:
Iranian foreign minister was in Saudi Arabia meeting with MBS in July when "Magic Seas" and "Eternity C" were attacked.


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Thomas More said:
I don't know if I am right about this, but I would imagine this case will be more of a harm to the Houthi cause than a help.
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Depends how You define their cause.
The way I see it, these attacks happened at the time when the Iranian foreign minister was visiting Saudi Arabia to meet the crown prince and other high ranking dignitaries. Coincidence? I think not. I think these attacks were launched to demonstrate that Iran, despite American and Israeli strikes, retains some power in the region.


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There is always communication through both backchannels and official outlets, even in the darkest days of the Iran-Saudi proxy wars did the leaderships stay in contact. Any uncertainties are on me as the phrasing left room for misinterpretation, initial message should have said that AFAIK there currently aren't any high up negotiations that could have sparked this set of provocations. Iranians are diplomatically tied up elsewhere, Saudi Arabia should be an afterthought.

Meeting mentioned above came hot off the back of the Twelve Day War and likely concerned technicalities regarding energy output, regional security and trade related issues anyway. Possibly lowkey requesting an explanation for Saudi lenience on Israeli use of its airspace but no more than that. There are gigantic unsolved dossiers standing in between Saudi Arabia and Iran yet for the time being both sides prefer to postpone any attempted settlement on these matters. Yemen is ranked number 1 on that list bytheway.

Also notice how the Saudi media is minimizing Ansarallah intentionally shooting missiles over Saudi cities (whereas before the trajectory would be the Red Sea), the stories are barely mentioned in Saudi media.
 
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LaAguilaNegra said:
Also notice how the Saudi media is minimizing Ansarallah intentionally shooting missiles over Saudi cities (whereas before the trajectory would be the Red Sea), the stories are barely mentioned in Saudi media.
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Not true, the most direct path from western Yemen to targets like Tel Aviv or Haifa goes directly over Saudi cities like Medina, which your sources above have misrepresented as being a Houthi missile target.
 
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