Sanaa, Feb. 7 -- Leader of Yemen's Houthi group, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, on Tuesday vowed to escalate attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden if the conflict in Gaza continues.

He made the speech to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the killing of his elder brother, Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, the founder of the armed group who was killed during clashes with the Yemeni government army in 2004 in the Houthi stronghold of northern Saada province.

The U.S. Navy said on social media platform X that they intercepted the Houthi attack, while the British commercial vessel reported to the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency that a missile passed past its deck and caused slight damage to the vessel's bridge windows, while the vessel continued ...