This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel Military engagements. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Military engagements.
Impacts and repercussions. Other theaters Red Sea crisis. Attacks on U. IsraelβHezbollah conflict. IranβIsrael proxy conflict. Assassinations and deaths of prominent individuals. Ansar al-Shariah campaign β Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Houthi attacks on the United Arab Emirates. Since , the Houthis, who oppose Yemen's internationally recognized government , have controlled a considerable swath of the country's territory along the Red Sea. Shortly after the outbreak of the Gaza war , the Hamas -allied group began to launch missiles and drones at Israel.
It has also fired on merchant vessels in the Red Sea, particularly in the Bab-el-Mandeb βthe southern maritime gateway to the Suez Canal of Egypt , creating major losses for the global economy.
The group has declared that it will not stop until Israel ceases the Gaza war. The Houthis say that any Israel-linked ship is a target, [ 60 ] [ 57 ] [ 58 ] including US and UK warships, but they have also indiscriminately attacked the ships of many nations with no connection to Israel.
The Houthis' Red Sea attacks have drawn a military response from a number of countries. Since 12 January, the US and UK have led coalition air and missile strikes against the Houthis , while other countries are independently patrolling the waters near Yemen, attacking Houthi vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthi movement is an Iran -backed Zaydi Shia Islamist militant organization that exercises de facto control over parts of Yemen , though it is not the country's internationally recognized government; the Houthi takeover in Yemen in resulted in the group's acquisition of the capital city of Sanaa , but the anti-Houthi Presidential Leadership Council remains recognized by the international community as Yemen's legitimate government.
