Fourteen Indian sailors on board a yacht which was attacked in the Red Sea on Thursday have been rescued, New Delhi’s mission in Yemen has said.

“Reports suggest that all 14 Indian nationals are safe and located around Hodeidah in Yemen,” the Indian mission in Yemen said in an X post on Friday. The embassy will continue to work to ensure their well-being, it added. 

“The Saudi enemy is targeting an Indian yacht near Zuqar Island, carrying 14 people of Indian nationality, according to preliminary information,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree posted, according to an NDTV report. “The Yemeni Armed Forces are rescuing them and will provide more details later.”

The incident comes after an Indian national and a Saudi citizen were killed in an attack by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Dammam airport on Wednesday.

At least eight people, including Saudi, Indian, Yemeni, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese nationals, were injured in the attack.

Houthi fighters have unleashed a wave of attacks against Saudi Arabia as retaliation for the kingdom’s backing of the Yemeni government they oppose.