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The Houthis declare: Even the Mediterranean is off limits! Hit more routes! Attack over 150 ships!

May 07, 2024|View:14

CCTV news, local time May 3. Yemeni Houthi armed spokesman Yahya Sareya issued a statement, Houthi leader Abdul Malik Houthi has ordered the group to carry out attacks on all ships from the Mediterranean Sea to Israeli ports.

The statement said that from the 3 local time, the Houthis armed forces will be in their weapons "can cover the area of the Mediterranean Sea" against the relevant ships. In addition, Mr. Sareya said that if Israel attacked the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Houthis would continue to expand their reach, hitting in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea all ships belonging to companies that had done business with Israel in the past few months, regardless of their nationality or target port.

The Houthis have repeatedly attacked targets in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea using drones and missiles after a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out in October. Since January 12 this year, the United States and Britain have repeatedly launched air strikes on Houthi targets, causing casualties. On March 14. Abdul Malik al-Houthi announced that Houthi attacks on "Israel-linked" ships had been extended to the southern waters of the Indian Ocean.

Houthi fighters in Yemen have launched a total of 156 strikes against Israeli vessels since the new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out in October last year, the leader of the Houthis said in a televised speech on May 2.

He said his forces had fired 606 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones at ship targets in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, as well as 111 strikes on the southern Israeli city of Eilat. Food and medicine prices have risen in Israel as a result of the Houthi attacks. He said the Houthis were ready to escalate the military confrontation further if the United States and Israel did not make concessions.

Recently, Maersk released its financial results for the first quarter of 2024. saying that the problems in the Red Sea region continued, resulting in a recovery in the first quarter compared with the previous quarter. These market conditions are expected to persist for most of the year, so the outlook for the coming quarters is clearer.

In addition, the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden situation is expected to persist until the second half of the year. Affected by the situation in the Red Sea region, market freight rates and costs have increased due to supply chain disruptions.

The global shipping crisis is still unfolding locally, and the chaos has directly impacted shipping. Houthi armed forces have announced that they will expand the scope of attack to the Mediterranean Sea, which is bound to bring a wider and more serious impact on the shipping industry...