After the Houthi attacks, Israel ordered its ports to hide the schedule of ships

Israel's National Security Council has "urgently" instructed the country's ports to remove information about ship arrivals and departures from their websites, according to the Israeli economic news website Globes .

"In the future, when it becomes clear that this is not a problem that should not be considered, it will be possible to return to the previous situation, " the council's instructions say .

The Houthis are targeting ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea

The leader of the Houthis in Yemen, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, threatened in a televised speech on November 14 that they could target Israeli ships in the Red Sea.

On November 19, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Seri announced on Platform X that they would target any Israeli-flagged ship in response to Israeli attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Later, the Houthis launched a drone and missile attack on two Israeli ships Unity Explorer and Number Nine in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.

Israeli logistics company ZIM said in a statement on November 29 that its ships will not use the Suez Canal in Egypt, citing the security situation in the Sea of Oman and the Red Sea.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on December 4 that there were 4 attacks on 3 commercial vessels in international territorial waters south of the Red Sea at Platform X.

According to the statement, USS Carney, a destroyer of the US Navy in the southern Red Sea, responded to a call for help from commercial ships, and while assisting the ships, the destroyer shot down 3 drones that were approaching it.

In a statement today, CENTCOM announced that the Houthis attempted to seize the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Ardmore Encounter yesterday morning in the southern Red Sea.