Deaths reported after suspected Houthi attack on ship in Gulf of Aden

Houthi supporters attend a rally against the US-led airstrikes on Yemen and the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip (Osamah Abdulrahman/AP)

A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden has caused “fatalities” and forced the crew to abandon the vessel, US officials said.

It is the first fatal attack in a campaign by the group over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.