The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen said on Sunday they will begin limiting their wanton attacks on civilian ships in the Red Sea to Israeli vessels, but added they could resume attacking ships from other countries if the Gaza ceasefire agreement does not hold.
The Houthis made their announcement in an email sent to global shipping companies, who did not seem inclined to trust promises of safe passage from the Yemeni terrorists.
The email was sent by the “Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center” or HOCC, an agency the Houthis created to communicate with shipping companies. The terrorists describe their harassment of merchant vessels, which includes 134 attacks over the past year with everything from ballistic missiles to remote-controlled boats packed with explosives, as a “humanitarian” operation intended to benefit the Palestinians.
The HOCC has sent…
