Multiple reports say several subsea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea and southern Red Sea near Yemen were severed or damaged, disrupting internet traffic across parts of the Middle East, South Asia and East Africa, and fueling finger‑pointing at Yemen's Iran‑aligned Houthi rebels. Multiple reports say several subsea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea and southern Red Sea near Yemen were severed or damaged, disrupting internet traffic across parts of the Middle East, South Asia and East Africa, and fueling finger‑pointing at Yemen's Iran‑aligned Houthi rebels. Undersea cables are one of the backbones of the internet, along with satellite connections and land-based cables. One cable operator has confirmed damage to a cable in the region, but said it didn't know the cause yet. Israeli press including the Jerusalem Post and Globes suggest. Only a few weeks following an alert regarding the potential threat from Houthi rebels to underwater cables in the Red Sea, it has been reported that a fiber-optic cable off Yemen's coast has been cut, with possible damage to three additional lines. Until last year, the Red Sea carried about one-eighth of. Red Sea submarine cables, like any other fiber optic cables, are communication cables made of glass fibers with a plastic outer layer that is usually buried under the sea and are used for communication and data transmission around the globe. These submarine cables usually consist of multiple.
