Yemen's Houthis share footage of militants 'hijacking' Galaxy Leader ship

Yemen's Houthis rebels have shared dramatic footage of what they claim is the moment they hijacked the Galaxy Leader ship.

The Houthis' said on Sunday that they had seized an Israeli ship in the southern Red Sea and taken it to a Yemeni port.

"We are treating the ship's crew in accordance with Islamic principles and values," a spokesperson of the group's military said in a statement.


Earlier, Israel said the vessel was a British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship and the hijacking was an "Iranian act of terrorism".

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