The Iranian-backed rebel group in Yemen had earlier said they would scale back attacks given the cease-fire in the conflict in Gaza.

Houthis in Yemen have released the 25 crew members of the cargo ship Galaxy Leader, which it seized in November 2023 when an organized campaign of attacks on ships in the Red Sea began, linked to the war in Gaza.

The Yemeni rebel group says it will stop targeting vessels that transit the Red Sea.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement has released the crew of a cargo ship more than a year after its fighters hijacked the vessel in the Red Sea, as part of its campaign of attacks in support of Hamas in its war against Israel.

Yemen's Houthi movement has released the crew of the cargo ship Galaxy Leader, which it seized in November 2023 at the start of a campaign of attacks on Red Sea shipping linked to the Gaza war. The 25 Filipinos,

STORY: The crew of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship touched down in Oman, on Wednesday after enduring over a year held captive by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi forces.The vessel was intercepted off the Yemeni Red Sea coast in late 2023,