FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement said on 8 June that it had launched a missile attack on Israel and declared a “complete and total ban” on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, warning that Israeli-linked vessels would again be considered legitimate military targets. The announcement raised concerns over renewed disruption to the Red Sea shipping route that had previously been heavily affected. In a statement, the group said it fired missiles at what it described as sensitive Israeli targets in the Jaffa area, claiming the strikes “achieved their objectives with precision.” RelatedNews U.S. forces disable tanker bound for Iran as crew gets rescued Stolt Tankers launches first methanol-ready vessel in new series of chemical tankers var jnews_module_21374903_0_6a27d7ce1814c = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21374903","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"3377,3842,280,288,2115,374","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_