Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea have abandoned the vessel as it took on water.

The Greek-owned merchant ship MV MAGIC SEAS came under a sophisticated attack by small boats and drones off Yemen on Sunday and is sinking.

The Israeli military launched a wave of strikes on Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen overnight, hours after a ship was attacked in the Red Sea. The Yemeni port city of Hodeidah was struck along with the ports of Ras Isa and Salif and the Ras Al Kathib power station,