Yemen's Houthis sank two cargo ships in the Red Sea this week, the first flare-up in seven months in the Iran-backed group's years-long campaign to choke global shipping in protest over the war in Gaza and the plight of the Palestinians.

The Iran-backed Houthis released a new video showing their attack on the Liberian-flagged cargo ship Eternity C which sank in the Red Sea on Wednesday, killing several crew members according to media reports.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched a violent new wave of attacks on ships in the Red Sea, sinking two vessels and killing crew members.