Three people have reportedly been killed in a Houthi attack on a small cargo ship in the Red Sea. This would be the first deadly strike by the group on a vessel since the US and Israel started a conflict against Iran.
The UK's Maritime Trade Operations Centre stated that the ship was reportedly hit by a projectile south of the Yemeni port of Mocha, causing casualties. Yemeni media reports indicate that two of those killed were crew members, one Pakistani and one Indonesian. An additional casualty occurred when a Yemeni government vessel assisting the ship came under fire; their nationality is unknown.
The Houthis, who are allied with Iran, began attacking shipping last month, announcing a naval blockade of Saudi ports. This attack follows the collapse of a years-long truce in Yemen's civil war between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed internationally recognised government.
Social media images examined by BBC Verify appear to show a damaged cargo ship in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Ship-tracking platform MarineTraffic identifies the vessel as Tihamah, sailing under the flag of Tanzania, currently in the Red Sea off Warner Point.