The death toll from the attack that sank the Liberian-flagged Eternity C ship is the highest from any seaborne assault carried out by the Iranian-backed rebels in the crucial maritime trade route.

A Liberian-flagged cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank Wednesday in the Red Sea. UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg said there was “grave concern seeing an escalation in the Red Sea,

A Houthi spokesperson claimed the Yemeni navy had rescued "a number of the ship's crew", given them medical care and taken them "to a safe location".