"Yemeni Cargo Ship Sinks in Red Sea After Houthi Rebel Attack"

A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea has sunk after days of taking on water, marking the first vessel to be fully destroyed in their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Rubymar had been drifting northward after the attack in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and Yemen’s exiled government confirmed its sinking, attributing it to stormy weather. The Iran-backed Houthis, who claimed the ship sank almost instantly after the attack, did not immediately acknowledge the sinking.