Tracking information gathered by a surveillance vessel controlled by Iran’s paramilitary forces in the Red Sea is passed to the Houthis, who have used it to attack commercial vessels passing through the Bab el-Mandeb strait in recent days, according to the officials.</small></blockquote></ref>
On February 27, 2024 the Russian website Dzen reported the Houthis attacked underwater cables connecting Europe with Asia. Four underwater cables were damaged, leading to interruptions of [[internet]] communications. The main damage was felt in the countries of the [[Persian Gulf]] and [[India]].<redref>https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/news-flash-houthis-attack-underwater</ref>
==Opportunistic Iranian attacks==