The Yemeni Navy managed to prevent an attempt by Houthi rebels against ships in the Red Sea. According to initial reports, Yemeni forces seized a a booby-trapped boat sent by the Houthis to attack international ships in the area.
According to UAE media Khaleej Times, the booby-trapped boat was loaded with explosive devices and traveling at a high speed of 35 knots on its way to international waters in the Red Sea to intercept a merchant ship.
The source pointed out that the naval military teams of the Yemeni army intercepted and halted the boat at an uninhabited island.
Houthis attacks against merchant and navy ships in the Red Sea are often. In May 2018, a missile or rocket damaged a Turkish-flagged bulk cargo vessel while at anchor in the Red Sea awaiting entry into As-Salif, Yemen.
More recently, in late July, Saudi Arabia announced a temporary halting of all oil shipments through the Red Sea shipping lane of Bab al-Mandeb, after Houthis rebels attacked two Saudi Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) in the Red Sea.
These come in addition of a series of Houthi attacks on ships off the coast of Yemen, specially on the aftermath of the Saudi coalition’s closure of Red Sea ports back in November.