Red Sea crisis

A rocket fired from Yemen struck the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area, injuring 14 people, according to the Israeli military. Emergency services reported that paramedics treated those wounded by minor shrapnel injuries, with some transported to hospitals for further care. The military acknowledged failing to intercept the rocket, which caused alarm in one of Israel's most densely populated areas.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) revealed details of overnight airstrikes targeting Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen, conducted on Thursday morning. These strikes were part of a larger operation aimed at crippling the Houthi militia's maritime infrastructure and were described by the IDF as an "economic blow" to the group.

Israel said Thursday it struck ports and energy infrastructure used by Huthi rebels in Yemen after intercepting a missile fired from the country, warning Huthi leaders it "will reach you too."

Huthi media said the strikes hit power stations, oil facilities and the port of Al Hudaydah, causing deaths and injuries, without giving further details.

The U.S. military conducted an airstrike late Monday on a Houthi command and control facility in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the targeted site was used as a hub to coordinate the rebels' operations, including attacks on American naval vessels and merchant ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

Before this year, Tobias Kammann, a German container ship captain, had only once sailed around the southern tip of Africa, and the lack of other vessels in the little-trafficked waters made him feel very much alone.

But these days, there are so many ships there, he said, that "it's a bit like the autobahn."

Türkiye has denounced a missile attack targeting a cargo ship in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi rebels, saying measures were being taken to prevent any such further incidents.

A series of airstrikes targeted locations in the Amran and Saada provinces of Yemen, reported the Al Masirah TV network, which is aligned with the Houthi rebel movement.

An operation to transfer approximately 150,000 tons of crude oil from the Greek-flagged Suezmax tanker Sounion to Delta Blue, using portable equipment, is under way at a safe anchorage point in the port of Suez.

Yemen's Houthis targeted a Greek-operated, Liberia-flagged bulker but all three strikes against it missed, a maritime security source told Reuters on Tuesday.

The attack took place on Monday and was the first against a commercial vessel in weeks following an escalation in Israel's campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon this month.

Greece is set to assume naval command of Operation Aspides, an EU military mission launched in response to missile and drone attacks, since last November, on commercial vessels in the Red Sea by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who view Israel as an enemy.