Houthis, in an Escalation of Their Campaign Against Red Sea Shipping Beyond Israeli Targets, Strike a Norwegian-Flagged Tanker 

Attack imperils cargo and energy shipments coming through the Suez Canal and widens the impact of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

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Tanker Strinda passing through the Panama Canal. Patrick Baehl de Lescure/Getty Images

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels slammed into a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen near a maritime choke point, the rebels and authorities said Tuesday.

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