According to reports, the Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels attacked a small cargo ship, the "Tihamah," in the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea, killing three people. This marks the first fatal attack by the Houthis on a vessel since the outbreak of conflict between the United States and Israel with Iran. The victims include two crew members (one Pakistani, one Indonesian) and one person from a Yemeni government vessel that came to assist. The attack comes amid escalating tensions in the region, following the collapse of a ceasefire in the Yemeni civil war last month.