The rebel Houthi group in Yemen has said it will target merchant ships belonging to any company that does business with Israeli ports, regardless of nationality, as part of what it described as the next phase of its operations against Israel.

Yemen’s Houthi rebel militia said it is escalating its campaign against Israel-linked shipping, regardless of a ship’s destination. The post Houthis make new threats against Israel-linked shipping appeared first on FreightWaves.

The Houthi rebel group has threatened to attack merchant ships belonging to any company or nation that does business with Israel as part of a new phase of attacks aimed at the Jewish state. The Iran-backed terror group said Sunday that it has “decided to escalate their military support operations and begin implementing the fourth phase of the naval blockade” against Israel.