The Pentagon says the five armed assailants captured by U.S. forces after seizing a commercial ship near Yemen over the weekend were likely Somali and not Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

LONDON (Reuters) - War risk insurance premiums edged up for Red Sea voyages after three vessels were attacked in the area on Sunday and fears grow over worsening perils for commercial shipping, maritime and insurance sources said on Monday.

The Israeli military said its forces were confronting Hamas fighters across the Gaza Strip, indicating its planned ground offensive in the enclave's refugee-crowded south had begun as Israeli bombing killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians.

British ship reportedly attacked by Houthi rebels in Red Sea - The British-owned Unity Explorer came under attack by drones and missiles on Sunday according to reports.

Three commercial vessels came under attack in international waters in the southern Red Sea, the US military said Sunday, as Yemen's Houthi group claimed drone and missile attacks on two Israeli vessels in the area.

A British-owned commercial vessel passing through the Red Sea and a United States warship deployed off the coast of Yemen have been attacked by Iranian-backed rebels as the war in Israel lurched towards a wider regional conflict.

Israel expands Gaza ground offensive as fears of wider conflict intensify 'after US warship attacked in Red Sea' - Israeli authorities ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza and heavy bombardment f

US warship downs drones after three commercial ships attacked in Red Sea - Global shipping has increasingly been targeted as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to become a wider regional conflict

The Pentagon said it was aware of reports regarding attacks on an American warship and commercial vessels in the Red Sea yesterday, as Yemen’s Houthi group claimed drone and missile attacks on two Israeli vessels in the area.