Event details
The Pakistan government said in a Wednesday statement that three Pakistani nationals were killed and one wounded when a Houthi attack hit a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait; total deaths in the attack were six. Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called the strike a dangerous threat to freedom of navigation and commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
Context
Maritime insurance and rerouting decisions for tanker traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb can change quickly if fatalities from Houthi attacks continue, raising immediate cost and security pressures on energy and trade routes.
- Local time
- 12:52 PM Yemen time, Aug 12, 2026
- Location
- Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen (Red Sea)
- Relationship
- Update