Houthi 'Double-Tap' Missile Strikes Kill 6 in First Fatal Red Sea Shipping Attack Since War Began

Houthi forces fired three ballistic missiles at the Egyptian-owned, Tanzania-flagged cargo ship Tihamah near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait off Yemen's coast, sparking a fire and killing four crew members (three Pakistani nationals, one Indonesian). As Yemeni coast guard personnel moved to evacuate the dead and wounded, a second missile struck the rescue operation, killing two more rescuers and wounding three. Ten people were wounded in total. It was the first fatal Houthi attack on commercial shipping since the US and Israel launched the war on Iran on Feb 28. Houthi-aligned media claimed the vessel was carrying Saudi military equipment but did not name the ship in an official statement.