Houthis release video footage showing armed men seizing 'Israeli-linked ship'

CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis released video footage on Monday showing armed men dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea.

The footage was released by the movement's TV channel Al Masirah a day after the ship was hijacked by the Iran-backed group, who said the ship was linked to Israel.

Israel, however, says the seized ship was British-owned and Japanese-operated.