Sudden! All ships bound for Israel will be attacked

Ye Yahya Sare, spokesman for the Houthi armed forces in Yemen, said that the Houthi armed forces successfully implemented the decision to prevent Israeli ships from sailing in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea. However, in view of Israel's continued actions in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis have announced that if the Gaza Strip does not receive the food and medicine needed by the local people, the Houthis will ban any ship bound for Israel from sailing in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. The ban will apply to vessels of any nationality.

The Houthis reiterated their firm commitment to ensuring the security of all ships from all countries to ensure smooth flow of global trade in the Red and Arabian Seas. However, it is also made clear that any vessels belonging to Israel or transporting goods to Israeli ports will not be covered by this guarantee.

"In order to maintain the safety of maritime navigation, all international shipping companies and ships are hereby warned to avoid any form of transactions with Israeli ports." The Houthis said that this decision will be implemented from the time the statement is released. The Times of Israel reported that Mohammed Ali Houthi, a senior official of the Yemeni Houthi armed forces, said on the same day that "US or other" troops "have no right" to accompany Israeli ships or ships heading to Israel.

From bases along the coast of Yemen, the Houthis cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a narrow maritime chokepoint between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, and are able to threaten shipping in the Red Sea. Most of the world's oil (including containers) flows through the Indian Ocean straits to the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea.

The United States has been consulting with Gulf allies on possible military action against Houthi attacks, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing officials familiar with the situation. The report said the talks were in a "preliminary stage" as Washington and its partners still prefer diplomacy over direct confrontation.

The Biden administration is urging Israel not to respond to recent attacks by the Houthis to avoid triggering a broader regional conflict, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. But Israel's National Security Council Chairman Chachi Hanegbi said in an interview with Channel 12 on Saturday night that if the international community does not address the threat posed by the Houthis in Yemen, "Israel will take action." Without elaborating, What measures will be taken.

After the outbreak of large-scale conflicts between Palestine and Israel, the Houthis armed forces repeatedly claimed to launch attacks on targets in Israel and "Israeli ships" passing through the coast of Yemen.

On the 3rd of this month, the Houthi armed forces stated in a statement that the organization used drones and missiles to attack two "Israeli ships" that "ignored the warnings of the Houthi armed navy" near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the southern Red Sea. attacked. This included a container ship being hit by a rocket fired from a Houthi armed drone. The ship "Number 9" is owned by the British company Castle Harbor and operated by Orient Overseas OOCL.

If tensions in the Red Sea continue to escalate, more container ships may be blocked. According to the latest report from Linerlytica, the intensification of attacks on ships in the Red Sea may cause 30% of the container fleet to get into trouble and need to be diverted.

Shipping companies such as Israeli shipping company Zim and Danish Maersk announced that they have changed the routes of some ships to avoid the Red Sea area. In early November, Reuters reported that premiums had increased tenfold since the conflict began. Israel's Zim Shipping Company has announced that the increased costs will be passed on to customers as war expenses.

At present, shipping companies such as Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have announced that they will begin to levy war risk surcharges in January next year.