Ten rescued after Houthis sink freighter

Ten people have been rescued after Yemen's Houthis sank a cargo ship, an EU naval force said Thursday, with three crew members killed and 12 missing in one of the rebel group's deadliest Red Sea attacks.

- AYA ISKANDARANI MAHA LOUBARIS

Three Filipino crew and a Greek member of the Eternity C ship’s onboard security team were plucked from the sea overnight, “bringing the total number of those rescued to 10” the European Union’s Operation Aspides naval task force posted on X.

On Wednesday, the Iran-backed Houthis said they had “rescued” an unspecified number of the Eternity C’s crew and taken them to a safe location.

The US embassy for Yemen accused the rebels of kidnapping the survivors.

The deadly attack was the rebels’ second assault on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea in recent days and threatened a May truce with the United States that ended weeks of air strikes on Houthi targets.

Rebel leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi said both ships belonged to companies serving Israeli ports.