The Maritime Executive reports that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have given Israel a deadline to lift the Gaza food aid blockade, threatening to resume Red Sea attacks if not met. Russia is reportedly in talks to supply the Houthis with P-800 Oniks supersonic antiship missiles. They write:
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have set a deadline for Israel to lift its blockade on food aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, and have pledged to resume attacks on shipping on Tuesday if the demand is not met.
On March 2, Israel shut down international food aid convoys to Gaza in order to apply more pressure on the terrorist group Hamas, which continues to hold 24 living Israeli hostages and 34 deceased hostages’ remains. […]
Houthi militants have been attempting to rearm after more than a year of constant engagement with U.S. forces in the Red Sea, and have sought to supplement Iranian-supplied weaponry with a new Russian government supply relationship. Russia, which has been working to renew its diplomatic ties with the United States, has reportedly been in talks to provide the Houthis with the P-800 Oniks supersonic antiship missile – a munition that Soviet engineers designed to attack U.S. Navy destroyers, like the ones that engage with Houthi forces in the Red Sea.
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