Rescuers pulled three more crew members and a security guard alive from the Red Sea on Thursday, maritime security sources said, a day after Houthi militants sank the Greek ship Eternity C and said they were holding some of the crew still missing.

More than 17 million people in conflict-torn Yemen are going hungry, including over a million children under the age of 5 who are suffering from ''life-threatening acute malnutrition,'' the United Nations humanitarian chief said Wednesday.

The U.S. military spent hundreds of millions of dollars earlier this year in a six-week barrage intended to stop the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen from targeting ships in the Red Sea.

Israel carried out it first strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen since the Israel-Iran ceasefire, attacking ports and a power plant around midnight local time Sunday night into Monday morning.

Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi armed forces claimed responsibility on Sunday morning for a "hypersonic ballistic missile" attack on Israel, which was reportedly intercepted earlier in the day by Israeli defence systems.

Ansarullah leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi stressed that honoring the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) is first and foremost an act of solidarity with the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and a reaffirmation of the enduring legacy of divine guidance and moral leadership for the Muslim nation.

Yemen’s internationally recognized government condemned on Thursday the killing of Sheikh Saleh Hantous, a 70-year-old Quran teacher, by Houthi forces in the western province of Raymah.

Local peace initiatives in Yemen have made notable strides in recent years, eclipsing the stalled efforts of United Nations mediators since the collapse of the Kuwait-hosted peace talks in mid-2016, which were derailed by the Iran-aligned Houthis.