Israel-Hamas war: Sunak warns Houthis after fresh missile attack
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Rishi Sunak has warned the Houthis of further Western airstrikes, after a missile from the rebel group hit a US-owned ship near Yemen.
Challenged in parliament on further military action, he said: āOf course we will not hesitate to protect our security, our people and our interests.ā
In a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Sunak also stressed that British military action last week was ānecessary and proportionate response to a direct threat to UK vessels and therefore to the UK itselfā.
The Prime Minister told MPs all planned targets had been destroyed with no reports of civilian casualties.
āI can tell the House today that our initial assessment is that all 13 planned targets were destroyed,ā he said.
His comments came after Houthi forces in Yemen struck a US-owned and operated container ship M/V Gibraltar Eagle with an anti-ship ballistic missile. US Central Command said there were no reports of injuries or significant damage.
05:51 PM GMT
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Thank you for following along today as Rishi Sunak warned the Houthis of further Western airstrikes, after a missile from the rebel group hit a US-owned ship near Yemen.
05:27 PM GMT
Britain will sanction Iran further 'if necessary', says Sunak
Stephen Crabb, a former Tory minister, said: āIn welcoming todayās statement and the action that we have taken, can I urge the Prime Minister to give the House his assurance that he and his counterparts amongst our allies arenāt losing sight of the really big question about whether Iran should be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and whether he has considered whether it is the right time to activate the snapback sanctions provisions of the JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]?ā
Mr Sunak replied: āThere is absolutely no credible civilian justification for enrichment at the levels the IAEA has reported in Iran.
āWe are determined that Iran must not develop a nuclear weapon and we are actively considering next steps with our international partners. That means all diplomatic tools but including using the snapback mechanism if necessary.ā
05:25 PM GMT
Labour's John McDonnell accuses Israel of 'indiscriminate killing of children'
The Prime Minister said that the attacks on Houthis were to protect maritime rights so I asked him what effective action he had taken to protect the right to life of Palestinian children & halt the indiscriminate killing of children by the Israeli Defence Force. No real answer.
ā John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) January 15, 2024
05:13 PM GMT
Richard Burgon: Risk of 'wider war' means UK should call for ceasefire
Richard Burgon, a former shadow cabinet minister, said there was a āreal riskā that the UK could find itself in a āwider warā in the Middle East.
Mr Burgon, a Labour MP who served as Jeremy Corbynās shadow justice secretary, added: āDonāt we now need an emphasis on de-escalation and diplomatic efforts?ā
He said there was the need for a āwider diplomatic solutionā and the UK to step up its calls for a ceasefire.
Rishi Sunak said nobody wanted to see the Israel-Gaza conflict last any longer than it had to, and that Hamas did not represent the āaspirationsā of the Palestinian people.
04:57 PM GMT
Now Britain must proscribe IRGC, says Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a former Conservative leader, welcomed Rishi Sunakās statements about Yemen and Ukraine.
Sir Iain told MPs Iran had āsupported, supplied and continues to directā the Houthis, Hamas and Hezbollah, āand all of that we understandā.
He continued: āCan I ask why it is that we are still reluctant to proscribe the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps], who are responsible for so much of the coordination of this work, and we still sit with two Iranian banks in the City of London, feeding their money across to these terrible organisations?ā
Mr Sunak thanked Sir Iain for his personal work supporting Ukraine, adding: āI agree with him about the risk that Iran poses to both the UK but also regional stability. We have sanctioned more than 400 Iranian individuals and entities, including the IRGC in its entirety.
āIād also say that the National Security Act of last year implements new measures to protect the public... particularly tackling espionage and foreign interference... He will know we donāt routinely comment on proscription.ā
04:50 PM GMT
Don't give ammunition to our enemies, Sunak warns Labour backbencher
Rishi Sunak suggested a Labour backbencher risked giving āammunition to our enemiesā by linking military action against the Houthis with the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Apsana Begum, the Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse, said: āSeventy-one per cent of the British public want a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza, thatās according to a latest YouGov poll taken just last month, yet last week the Government launched air strikes in the UK, an escalation of the situation in the Middle East.ā
Ms Begum asked Mr Sunak whether he āhad any duty towards the British publicā and āthe parliamentary communityā when taking military action.
Mr Sunak replied: āThe leader of the opposition made the point in his remarks, rightly, that we need to make sure that malign actors elsewhere would not try to distort what we have done for their own purposes.
āI would gently say to the honourable lady to conflate and link our action against the Houthis with the situation in Israel and Gaza just gives ammunition to our enemies who would seek to make things worse in the region.
āWe have acted in self-defence, Iāve explained the reasons and the processes that we have followedā¦ Separately, we will of course work very hard to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza and to try and bring about the sustainable ceasefire that we all of course want to see.ā
04:45 PM GMT
Sunak: We are steadfast in our support for Yemeni civlians
Dame Priti Patel, a former home secretary, praised Rishi Sunak for his ācrystal clearā stance on the need to degrade the Houthisā military capabilities.
The Tory backbencher went on to note Yemen was facing a āmass humanitarian crisisā, with more than 21 million people in need of humanitarian aid, and urged the Government to ensure the nation was ānot engulfed all over again, particularly the civilians of Yemen, in a mass humanitarian catastropheā.
Mr Sunak said the Government was āsteadfast in our support for the Yemeni people as one of the largest donors of lifesaving aid to the UN appealā.
04:42 PM GMT
Liberal Democrat leader jeered as he asks question
Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats and a former postal minister who has faced criticism over the Horizon scandal, was jeered as he rose to ask a question in the debate.
Sir Ed said it was āregrettableā that there had not been a vote prior to the strikes, but the Liberal Democrats did support strikes on the Houthis.
However, he went on to describe the Middle East as a ātinderboxā, asking Rishi Sunak to set out his conversations with both Nato allies and the leaders of Gulf states āto ensure that these limited strikes remain limitedā.
Mr Sunak insisted he was āextensively engagingā with partners in the region, noting he spoke to the Egyptian region last night.
04:40 PM GMT
Sunak: 'Doing nothing' is not the way forward
Rishi Sunak warned of the ārisks of inactionā as he defended British and American air strikes against the Houthis.
Stephen Flynn, the leader of the SNP at Westminster, told MPs that the Houthis were āthe fundamentalistsā fundamentalistsā and that the perceived wisdom āwould suggest they are not just content, but maybe quite happyā to be on the receiving end of American bombs.
Mr Flynn urged Mr Sunak to set out āwhen and how far he is willing to goā in pursuing military action ābecause we cannot have an escalation which leads to further regional instabilityā.
The Prime Minister declined to āspeculateā on further military action, adding: āWe hope that the Houthis will now step back and end their reckless and destabilising attacks, but we will not hesitate to protect our security and our interests where required, and we would of course follow the correct procedures, as I believe we did so in this case.
āAlthough the honourable gentleman is right to ask questions, we should also recognise the risks of inaction, because doing nothing would absolutely weaken international security and the rule of law, it would further damage the freedom of navigation and the global economy, and perhaps most importantly it would send a very dangerous message that British vessels and British interests are fair game and that is simply unacceptable.ā
04:34 PM GMT
Security committee chairman issues warning to Sunak
The chairman of the security committee has warned Rishi Sunak he should ācertainly notā cut Britainās defence stocks amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
After saying that Rishi Sunak was āabsolutely justifiedā in conducting air strikes on Houthi rebels, Sir Julian Lewis told the Commons: āGiven that at the time of the Falklands campaign, we had 35 Frigates and Destroyers, and were spending 4.5 per cent of GDP on defence, whereas both those figures can be cut in half to describe our situation today, does he agree with me that we certainly should not be reducing the numbers of Frigates or Destroyers, and we certainly should not be mothballing or otherwise decommissioning our amphibious assault ships?ā
Mr Sunak insisted he intended to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP āwhen the circumstances allowā and said the UK had āconsistentlyā been the second-largest spender on defence in Nato.
āOur plans will continue to provide that leadership. Within that there is a very strong equipment plan... which for the Royal Navy does include Type-26, Type-31 and Type-32 Frigates.ā
04:27 PM GMT
Longest blackout in Gaza since war began
ā Update: Metrics show the #Gaza Strip has now been largely offline for over 72 hours; the disruption is the longest sustained telecoms blackout on record since the onset of the Hamas-Israel war, and is likely to significantly limit visibility into events on the ground ā² pic.twitter.com/mkdBIZungK
ā NetBlocks (@netblocks) January 15, 2024
04:19 PM GMT
Sunak: We must recognise risk of inaction
Rishi Sunak told the House of Commons: āWe should also recognise the risk of inaction.
āIt would weaken international security and the rule of law, further damage freedom of navigation and the global economy, and send a dangerous message that British vessels and British interests are fair game.ā
He added: āThe Houthisā attack risks worsening the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen itself.
The UK helps to feed around 100,000 Yemenis every month, with aid arriving via the very sea routes that the Houthis have in their sights.ā
04:10 PM GMT
Labour backs 'targeted action', says Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer has said Labour backs this targeted action to reinforce maritime security in the Red Sea.
The Labour leader said: āWe strongly condemn the Houthi attacks that are targeting commercial ships of all nationalities, putting civilians and military personnel in serious danger - including British forces.
āThe Houthi attacks are unacceptable, illegal and, if left unaddressed, could lead to a devastating rise in the cost of essential food in some of the poorest countries. The international community clearly stands against the Houthi attacks.ā
He added that military action must be āunderpinned by a clear strategyā and noted it is the role of the Commons to āask the right questionsā, adding: āCan he confirm that he stands by the parliamentary convention that where possible military interventions by the UK Government - particularly if they are part of a sustained campaign - should be brought before this House?
āScrutiny is not the enemy of strategy. Because while we back the action taken last week these strikes still do bring risk, we must avoid escalation across the Middle East.ā
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak replied: āI can assure him that it was necessary to strike at speed, as he acknowledged, to protect the security of these operationsā.
04:07 PM GMT
We tried to resolve this through to diplomacy, says Sunak
Rishi Sunak has said Britain attempted to resolve this through diplomacy.
He told the Commons: āAfter numerous international calls for the attacks to stop, a coalition of countries gave the Houthis a clear and unambiguous warning two weeks ago.ā
He cited a resolution of the UN Security Council ācondemning the attacks and highlighting the right of nations to defend their vessels and preserve freedom of navigationā.
āYet the Houthis continued on their reckless path,ā he said.
03:48 PM GMT
Sunak: British participation in air strikes against Houthis 'completely unrelated' to Israel-Gaza conflict
British participation in air strikes against Houthi rebels was ācompletely unrelatedā to the Israel-Gaza conflict and Yemenās civil war, Rishi Sunak told the Commons.
The Prime Minister said: āWe shouldnāt fall for their [the Houthisā] malign narrative that this is about Israel and Gaza. They target ships from around the world.
āAnd we continue to work towards a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza and to get more aid to civilians. We also continue to support a negotiated settlement in Yemenās civil war.
āBut I want to be very clear that this action is completely unrelated to those issues.
āIt is a direct response to the Houthisā attacks on international shipping.ā
03:46 PM GMT
Sunak: 'They fired on our ships and our sailors'
Rishi Sunak has condemned the Houthi strikes on January 9 as ābiggest attack on the Royal Navy for decadesā.
The Prime Minister told the Commons: āThey fired on our ships and our sailors. It was the biggest attack on the Royal Navy for decades and so we acted.ā
He stressed that the strikes were ālimitedā and ācarefully targetedā to degrade Houthi capacity.
03:43 PM GMT
Threats to shipping must cease, says Sunak
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the Commons:
āThe threats to shipping must cease. Illegally detained vessels and crews must be released.
And we remain prepared to back our words with actions.ā
03:39 PM GMT
No evidence of civilian casualties in Yemen, says Sunak
There has been no evidence of civilian casualties in Yemen, Rishi Sunak has said.
The Prime Minister said military action taken was not done so lightly.
He said: āIt was limited, not escalatory.
āIt was a necessary and proportionate response to a direct threat to UK vessels and therefore to the UK itself.ā
03:36 PM GMT
Britain 'acted in self-defence,' says Sunak
Rishi Sunakās statement to the Commons has begun.
Mr Sunak said Britain acted āin self-defenceā and to āuphold freedom of navigationā.
He told the Commons: āI want to be clear that these were limited strikes...to degrade the Houthis capability.
āOur initial assessment is that all 13 planned targets were destroyed,ā he added.
03:32 PM GMT
No injuries or significant damage to US-owned ship, say US military
On Jan. 15 at approximately 4 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi militants fired an anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and struck the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, a Marshall Islands-flagged, U.S.-owned and operated container ship. The ship hasā¦ pic.twitter.com/gixEMaUiVT
ā U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 15, 2024
03:28 PM GMT
One dead and several injured in 'car attack' in central Israel
A woman in her 70s was killed and more than a dozen others were injured in a stabbing and car ramming attack in a city to the north of Tel Aviv, according to reports.
Police described the incident in Raāanana as a terrorist attack and said two suspects were under arrest. The two are from the same family in Hebron, a city in the occupied West Bank, and entered Israel illegally.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Hospitals in the area said those injured included nine children, one of whom was seriously hurt.
One witness told the Haaretz newspaper: āI saw someone stab three people next to the mall, then steal a car, start driving, and use the car to ram [people].ā
03:13 PM GMT
Sunak 'will not hesitate to protect British security' after strikes in Red Sea
Rishi Sunak has said he āwill not hesitateā to protect British security after the Defence Secretary refused to rule out further action against the Houthis to safeguard the Red Sea.
Mr Sunak, who will address MPs about the decision to take part in joint air strikes in Yemen with the US, said the military action was a ālast resortā designed to ārestore stabilityā in the region.
The RAF joined American allies in targeting Houthi locations last week as part of allied efforts to ensure international cargo vessels can freely navigate the vital shipping route.
02:50 PM GMT
Pictured: An Israeli soldier rides a military vehicle while moving out of the Gaza Strip
02:29 PM GMT
Israel cabinet passes amended budget adding $15 billion for war
Israelās cabinet passed an amended 2024 state budget on Monday that added 55 billion shekels ($15 billion) of extra spending, after three months of war with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, the Finance Ministry said.
The extra funding includes money for defence and compensation for those impacted by the war, along with greater allocations for healthcare, police, welfare and education.
02:04 PM GMT
Pictured: Israeli emergency and security personnel inspect a damaged car following a suspected ramming attack in Ra'anana
01:50 PM GMT
UKMTO receives report of an incident east of Yemen's Aden
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency received a report of an incident 95 nautical miles southeast of Yemenās Aden, it said in an advisory note on Monday.
UKMTO WARNING 009/JAN/2024
ATTACK
Warnings - 2024 (https://t.co/5An1YH0JyE)#MaritimeSecurity #MarSec pic.twitter.com/DgFAqnGf85ā United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) (@UK_MTO) January 15, 2024
UKMTO added that authorities are investigating.
12:54 PM GMT
Attacks on Israeli ships in the Red Sea will continue, say Houthis
The chief negotiator for Yemenās Houthis said that the groupās position has not changed since US-led air strikes on Yemen and warned that attacks on ships headed to Israel will continue.
Mohammed Abdulsalam told Reuters: āAttacks to prevent Israeli ships or those heading to the ports of the occupied Palestine will continue.ā
He added that the groupās demands are still for an end of the Israeli offensive in Gaza and to allow humanitarian aid to the north and south of the strip.
His comments come after US forces shot down a missile fired by Yemenās Houthi rebels at an American warship on Sunday, in the first confirmed attack of its kind since allied strikes on the group last week.
Read: US fighter jet downs Houthi missile fired at warship
12:42 PM GMT
Strikes against Houthis 'intended as single action,' says Shapps
Grant Shapps has said the UK-US strikes against Houthi rebels last week were intended āas a single actionā.
But when asked if further military action was planned, the Defence Secretary replied: āI canāt predict the future for you.
āWe will not put up with a major waterway... being closed on a permanent basisā to international shipping, Mr Shapps added.
12:32 PM GMT
Iranian connections to Houthis 'very clear,' says Shapps
The Iranian connection to the Houthis is āvery clear,ā Grant Shapps has said in a speech at Lancaster House.
The Defence Secretary said: āWe see that the connection [between Iran and the Houthis] is very clear.ā
Mr Shapps would not comment further when pressed by reporters on what Iran has said.
12:16 PM GMT
Pictured: Palestinian children receive pentavalent vaccines in Rafah, Gaza
12:03 PM GMT
Access to northern port critical for Gaza aid, UN tells Israel
Three United Nations agencies called on Israel to allow access to the port of Ashdod, north of Gaza, for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid.
Bringing food and supplies to the besieged population of Gaza, which is increasingly at risk of famine, also depends on the opening of new entry routes into the territory, the World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a joint statement.
The use of Ashdod, located some 25 miles north of the Gaza border, is ācritically needed by aid agenciesā, they said, while calling for a āfundamental step change in the flow of humanitarian aid into Gazaā.
Allowing humanitarian agencies to use that port āwould enable significantly larger quantities of aid to be shipped in and then trucked directly to the badly affected northern regions of Gaza, which few convoys have managed to reachā, they said.
11:50 AM GMT
'Britain needed to act' against Houthis, says Shapps
Britain āneeded to actā against the Houthis, Grant Shapps has said, after the UK and US launched strikes on the Iran-backed group last week.
The attacks on a string of targets inside Yemen were in response to the Iran-backed rebels targeting of shipping in the Red Sea.
The Defence Secretary told the BBC that āfreedom of navigation ā¦ must be protectedā, hours after the US said it had shot down a Houthi missile fired at one of its warships in the region.
The missile was fired on Sunday toward the USS Labnoon, which was operating in the southern Red Sea, and downed by US fighter jets near the port city of Hudaydah, on Yemenās west coast.
Asked whether the UK will launch fresh military action, Mr Shapps said: āI rather hope we donāt need toā.
āLetās wait and see what happens, because itās not that we want to be involved in action in the Red Sea. But ultimately freedom of navigation is an international right that must be protected,ā he added.
11:22 AM GMT
Britain will 'not hesitate' to protect security in Red Sea, says Sunak
Rishi Sunak has said that the Government would ānot hesitateā to protect security in the Red Sea.
The Prime Minister said: āWe faced an escalating series of attacks from the Houthis on commercial shipping, including an attack on a Royal Navy warship. Thatās unacceptable.
āItās right that we took proportionate, targeted action against military targets to send a strong message that that behaviour is unacceptable.
āIt was a last resort, it came after the end of exhaustive diplomatic activity including a UN Security Council. Now, I think it is encumberment on the Houthis to recognise the international condemnation for what they are doing and desist. But we, of course, will not hesitate to protect our security where required.ā
10:48 AM GMT
Biden's patience with Netanyahu 'running out'
Joe Bidenās patience with Benjamin Netanyahu is ārunning out,ā a US official has told Axios.
Mr Biden is said to be frustrated with the Israeli prime ministerās rejection of US requests related to the war in Gaza.
One US official told Axios: āThe situation sucks and we are stuck. The presidentās patience is running outā.
The US president last spoke with Mr Netanyahu on December 23, ending the phone call by saying āthis conversation is overā.
Chris van Hollen, a Democratic Senator, told the outlet: āThey are pleading with the Netanyahu coalition, but getting slapped in the face over and over again.ā
On Sunday, the White House said it was the āright timeā for Israel to scale back its military offensive in Gaza.
10:20 AM GMT
Pictured: Smoke billows over Khan Younis
More than 60 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes across Gaza overnight, the Hamas-run health ministry has claimed.
It said dozens of people were also wounded in what the militant groupās media office described as āintenseā Israeli strikes and artillery bombardments across the Gaza Strip.
The strikes hit the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, as well as areas around Gaza City, the media office said.
It said two hospitals, a girlsā school and ādozensā of homes were among the targets.
09:59 AM GMT
Turkey releases Israeli footballer in Gaza war spat
A Turkish court released pending trial an Israeli footballer on Monday who was detained after displaying a message referring to the Israel-Hamas war during a first division match.
Sagiv Jehezkel, 28, displayed a bandage on his wrist reading ā100 days. 07/10ā next to a Star of David as he celebrated scoring a goal for Antalyaspor against Trabzonspor on Sunday.
Turkish prosecutors launched a criminal investigation over Jehezkelās alleged āincitement to hateā and his club tore up the playerās contract for āexhibiting behaviour that goes against our countryās sensitivitiesā.
NTV television reported that a private plane had been sent from Israel on Monday to pick up Jehezkel and his family so that they could return home.
Mr Jehezkelās detention was furiously condemned the same day by top Israeli officials, sending relations between the two regional powers to a new low.
In testimony to the police, Mr Jehezkel said he ādid not intend to provoke anyoneā.
āI am not a pro-war person,ā the private DHA news agency reported him as saying.
09:48 AM GMT
Full details of Houthi missile shot down by US
The US shot down an anti-ship missile fired by Yemenās Houthi rebels on Sunday.
On Jan. 14 at approximately 4:45 p.m. (Sanaa time), an anti-ship cruise missile was fired from Iranian-backed Houthi militant areas of Yemen toward USS Laboon (DDG 58), which was operating in the Southern Red Sea. The missile was shot down in vicinity of the coast of Hudaydah byā¦ pic.twitter.com/jftZHQhA2e
ā U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 15, 2024
There were no injuries or damage reported.
09:32 AM GMT
Shapps: There is nothing comfortable about this war
There is nothing comfortable about this war, Grant Shapps has said.
The Defence Secretary told the BBC that it is āreally, really importantā that this conflict is brought to a conclusion.
Asked if he remained confident and comfortable about how the war is being fought amid scenes of destruction, Mr Shapps said: āThere is nothing comfortable about this warā.
He added that no one can look at such scenes without feeling āunbelievably upset and uncomfortableā.
09:11 AM GMT
Shapps defends saying 'watch this space' ahead of air strikes on Houthi locations
Grant Shapps has defended saying āwatch this spaceā ahead of the UK and US air strikes on Houthi locations last week following a report that it had annoyed the Americans.
The Sunday Times quoted a senior diplomat as saying there was āsome real annoyanceā in Washington after the remark was made.
Asked about the report, Mr Shapps told Sky News: āThat is not true.
āI speak to my American friends all the time and they - and we - were very clear that we would be signalling the fact that if they didnāt stop, then there would be action.
āAnd so I used that phrase very deliberately in order to say āIf this carries on, then we will have to step inā.
09:06 AM GMT
Pictured: Palestinians gather outside makeshift shelters in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip
09:03 AM GMT
'Right time' for Israel to scale back offensive in Gaza, says US
The White House has said that āitās the right timeā for Israel to scale back its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli leaders again vowed to press ahead with their operation against Hamas.
Speaking on CBS, John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesman, said the US has been speaking to Israel āabout a transition to low-intensity operationsā in Gaza.
āWe believe itās the right time for that transition. And weāre talking to them about doing that,ā he said on the channelās news series Face the Nation.
09:01 AM GMT
Houthi attacks 'cannot go on,' says Shapps
Grant Shapps told Sky News the actions of the Iran-backed militant group in Yemen were ācompletely unacceptableā and described it as āalmost like thuggeryā, with ships from more than 50 nations targeted along the vital global shipping route.
He said the purpose of the air strikes with the US last week was ānot to go into Yemen or anything like thatā, but to āsend a very clear, I hope unambiguous messageā for the Houthis to stop their assaults.
The Cabinet minister continued: āWe will now watch and monitor the situation very carefully.
āAs weāve said - not just to the Houthis but to their Iranian masters, in a sense, because they are really proxies for Tehran - this cannot go on.
āInternational shipping ... freedom of navigation is just a given and always has been for many, many years. We cannot have that situation where they are trying to harass it and we will keep a very close eye.
āIf we have to take further action, that is something that we will consider.ā