Yemenis mourn Houthi prime minister as rebel group targets ship in Red Sea

Houthi officers carry the coffin of Houthi PM Ahmed al-Rahawi (Osamah Abdulrahman/AP)

Hundreds of Yemenis mourned the death of Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, killed last week along with several officials by an Israeli strike, as the group targeted an oil tanker in the Red Sea – renewing their attacks in the crucial global waterway.

The Israeli attack came three days after the Houthis launched a ballistic missile toward Israel that its military described as the first cluster bomb the Iranian-backed rebels had launched at it since 2023.