ATHENS (Reuters) -Rescuers pulled three more crew members and a security guard alive from the Red Sea on Thursday, maritime security sources said, a day after Houthi militants sank the Greek ship Eternity C and said they were holding some of the crew still missing.

The Department of Migrant Workers is working on verifying reports that Houthi forces may have kidnapped several crew members of MV Eternity C after attacking and sinking the vessel while traversing the Red Sea.

A missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by Israeli defense systems after sirens sounded across several regions. Iran-backed Houthis continue to attack Israel in support of Palestinians in Gaza,

More than 17 million people in conflict-torn Yemen are going hungry, including over one million children under the age of five who are suffering from "life-threatening acute malnutrition," the U.N. humanitarian chief says.

Israeli jets hit Houthi ports in Yemen after repeated missile attacks, Houthis retaliate with strikes on Israel.