Four crew members were killed in a suspected attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a small cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday while a container ship was hit by ​a missile off ‌Pakistan in a suspected US attack, sources said. Three Pakistanis and one Indonesian person were killed as the ship sailed ‌from Salalah in Oman via Djibouti, the Yemeni sources said. After the attack, the crew lost control of ⁠the vessel and were approached by Yemeni coastguard, they added. Attack off PakistanThe Panama-flagged container ship Vela Nova was struck by a missile in an attack off Pakistan while sailing into the Gulf of Oman, maritime security sources ‌told Reuters. Shipping trafficShipping through the Bab el-Mandeb strait and Red Sea has fallen by more than 50% since an earlier wave of Houthi attacks on shipping in 2023-25.