Yesterday a ship was attacked by a boat with armed men on board while it was 30 nautical miles southwest of the port of Hodeidah, the area where most of the attacks on naval units transiting the Red Sea by part of the Houthi militias that control the Yemeni port. The The British Maritime Trade Organisation (UKMTO) has announced that The ship activated a distress signal claiming to be under attack.

The accident rekindles the alarm for the possible resumption of the attacks by the Houthis, which began at the end of 2023 in retaliation for Israel's war in Gaza, have caused the halving of ship transits in the Suez Canal. The actions of the Houthis against ships in the Red Sea ceased last October after the announcement of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the new accident could mark the interruption of the long and fragile Truce further jeopardized by the start of the conflict USA-Iran.