A merchant vessel in the Red Sea reported three missiles had exploded nearby on Monday after the ship earlier came under attack by three small craft, Britain's maritime agency and security firm Ambrey said. The vessel, which was about 70 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's port city of Al-Hudaydah, reported one missile exploding at 0800 GMT, then another two missiles around 45 minutes later, according to United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).Earlier on Monday, an unmanned small craft collided with the vessel twice, and two manned small craft fired at it, UKMTO said. Both the vessel and crew were reported as safe and proceeded to its next port of call, Ambrey said. At least 65 countries and major energy and shipping companies have been affected by Houthis attacks, according to reports.
Yemen's armed Houthi group on Sunday claimed responsibility for missile and drone attacks against an Israeli ship in the Gulf of Aden and the Israeli city of Eilat. "The armed forces targeted the Israeli ship, MSC UNIFIC, in the Gulf of Aden," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised statement. The group also attacked "military targets" of the Israeli city of Eilat with drones, he added. The spokesman reiterated that the group will continue attacking Israeli targets until the war on Gaza stops. Meanwhile, the U.S. Central Command said its forces had destroyed two Houthi drones and one unmanned boat in the Red Sea in the past 24 hours.
The World Health Organization announced that it has documented 113,000 cases of cholera in Yemen, most of them in the northern part of the country. In a statement, the organization said that the cholera outbreak in Yemen continues to spread in several provinces. The statement added that 92,918 suspected cases were recorded in North Yemen.
The European Union announced sanctions on Monday against five Israeli individuals and three entities, describing them as responsible for "serious and systematic human rights abuses" against Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The list included Tzav 9, a group which it said had regularly blocked humanitarian aid trucks delivering food, water and fuel to the Gaza Strip. Also on the list were Ben-Zion Gopstein, founder and leader of the Lehava organization, and Isaschar Manne, whom the EU described as the founder of an unauthorized outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.