A top official in Yemen’s United Nations-backed government said Houthi militants who control much of the country can be defeated in six to twelve months with foreign support, potentially easing threats to key trade routes through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

"We have just delivered a powerful strike on numerous terrorist targets of the Houthi terror organization in Sanaa as part of Operation 'Pass the Parcel,'" Katz wrote. The air force on Thursday afternoon undertook its largest and farthest strikes against Yemen's Houthis in the war,

Yemen’s president is making a plea this week in New York for help toppling the Houthis, which control the capital city Sanaa and about a third of his country. He may have to keep asking for a while. MICHAEL RATNEY,

According to a report in Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel’s security services have detected significant advances in the Houthi militia’s capabilities in recent months — including indigenous production of drones and advanced long‑range missiles based on Iranian know‑how,

"We have just delivered a powerful strike on numerous terrorist targets of the Houthi terror organization in Sanaa as part of Operation 'Pass the Parcel,'" Katz wrote.

A ship traveling off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden came under attack early on Tuesday, officials said, though no one was hurt. The captain of the vessel heard a splash and explosion in the vicinity of the vessel,

Yemeni President Rashad Al-Alimi warns the UN General Assembly: 'Anyone who underestimates this militia today should imagine what will happen tomorrow when the Red Sea and maritime trade routes become permanent hostages in the hands of terror.

A ship traveling off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden came under attack early on Tuesday, officials said, though no one was hurt.