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Who are the Houthis, the group assaulting ships in the Red Sea?

.THE WAR between Israel and Hamas has made surges in the Red Sea. Considering that the bombardment of Gaza began, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel team supported through Iran, have actually released numerous assaults on freight ships. Numerous container-shipping firms have put on hold cruisings in the location consequently. On December 19th an international task force, led by The United States's naval force, began operations to prevent the Houthis. However that had little bit of result. Starting on the evening of January 11th United States as well as Britain launched around 70 airstrikes against targets in Yemen. President Joe Biden said that the assaults were necessary to safeguard global profession. The Houthis stated the strikes will meet "punishment", as well as pledged to proceed assaulting ships travelling through the Red Ocean. Who are the Houthis, and why are they receiving involved in the war?