https://www.businessinsider.com/houthis-getting-smarter-red-sea-attacks-ships-paying-the-price-2024-6
US officials have warned that the conflict has no signs of slowing down, and the growing financial toll has raised questions about the long-term sustainability of the counter-Houthi mission.
No, this is very complicated and the Houthis have been bombing ships connected to Zionism in the Red Sea for thousands of years. No one can even remember how or why this started. It's just part of their religious culture.