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Houthis to end Red Sea attacks, except against Israeli ships

With the Gaza ceasefire in effect the Houthi say they will stop military action against most international commercial vessels transiting the

seatrade-maritime.com

With the ceasefire in Gaza coming into force on 19 January the Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC) issued a statement that the Yemini Armed Forces would be lifting a “ban” on all except wholly Israeli-owned and flagged vessels from transiting the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden region.

According to the HOCC this would see it would be ceasing to target vessels heading Israeli ports, vessels owned by the individuals or companies in the US and UK, or sailing under their flags, and vessels partially owned by Israeli individuals or entities, and vessels managed or operated by Israeli individuals or companies.

In the case of wholly Israeli-owned or flagged ships it said, “These vessels will remain prohibited from transiting the Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean at present. Sanctions on them will be stopped upon the full implementation of all phases of the agreement.”

However, it warned that aggression by UK or US forces against Houthi held territory in Yemen could see the reinstating of sanctions, which would make US and UK vessels the subject to potential attack in the region.