It was the MH-60S Seahawk helicopters—deployed from the USS Eisenhower and USS Gravely—that stopped a brazen Houthi attack on the Maersk Hangzhou in the Red Sea. As the four small boats closed in, ignoring hails and firing on the aircraft,

The port of Eilat, already diminished, could shut down entirely without government assistance in what would be a win for the Houthis, officials warn.

New attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on cargo ships in the Red Sea have raised fears of a renewed campaign targeting a key maritime route for international trade.