This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batsworth. Bill Rajo, my colleague and co-host and friend of the

Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. He's a senior fellow. He keeps a long word journal where you can

routinely see the reporting by Bridget Toomey of the FD, watching especially the Houthis.

Bridget, a very good evening to you. Two headlines dominate the story of the Houthis. Bridget, a very good evening to you.

Two headlines dominate the story of the Houthis at this moment.

One, ship ablaze after being hit with projectile and Gulf of Aden, likely Houthi attack.

Two, IDF intercepts Yemen ballistic missile.

Houthis say it had a cluster bomb warhead. Let us begin with what is said to be a burning ship. What do we know about the ship?

How is it hit? And is this a matter of the Houthis being indiscriminate or did they know something?

Good evening to you. Hi, John. So this morning, the Houthis struck a ship, a cargo ship that is a Netherlands flagged,

owned by a company, I believe, headquartered in Amsterdam. So it's a little unclear why the Houthis

have chosen to target this ship. So far, nobody seems to have found direct ties to Israel.

It could be a mistake. Alternatively, the Houthis have previously targeted ships when another vessel owned by the same company has frequented or visited Israeli ports.

And sometimes it can be that they visited Israeli ports a long time ago,

not necessarily in the recent history. So that's the other option. It's a little unclear

how the attack has unfolded. This happened within the past couple of hours, though the vessel

seems to have been targeted about a little over a week ago as well.

So the Houthis are, you know, resuming their attacks on shipping, not that they ever totally

stopped, but it had been a quiet couple of weeks.

And now they're going after ships in the Gulf of Adam again.

The Gulf of Adden, not the Red Sea.

The Gulf of Adon, is that correct?

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