Sanaa (AFP) – Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels announce a missile attack on Israel and declared a ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, raising the spectre of a return to major disruption on the key route. The strikes on Israel were the Houthi rebels’ first since early April, and coincided with Iran and Israel’s first attacks on each other’s territory since a shaky ceasefire put five weeks of war on hold.
