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    Yemen's Houthis say they will target ships heading for Israel anywhere within range

    Synopsis

    Yemen's Houthis threaten Israeli port-bound ships, launching strikes in key maritime routes. Shippers reroute cargo due to security fears amid Gaza conflict, with concerns of Middle East destabilisation.

    A Houthi supporter raises a mock rocket during a rally against the U.S. and Isra...PTI
    A Houthi supporter raises a mock rocket during a rally against the U.S. and Israel and to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
    Yemen's Houthis will target ships heading to Israeli ports in any area that is within their range, military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech on Friday.

    "We will target any ships heading to Israeli ports in the Mediterranean Sea in any area we are able to reach," he said.

    The Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched repeated drone and missile strikes on ships in the crucial shipping channels of the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab strait and the Gulf of Aden since November to show their support for the Palestinians in the Gaza war.

    This has forced shippers to re-route cargo to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa and has stoked fears that the Israel-Hamas war could spread and destabilise the Middle East.


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