The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza. They launched a missile at Israel overnight.

On Dec. 30 and 31, U.S. Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV). (U.S. Central Command Public Affairs)

The U.S. has been targeting Houthi facilities in Yemen and has long carried out military activities in the country.

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, a day after the Houthi-held capital Sanaa was hit by fresh airstrikes. Sirens sounded in areas of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea on Saturday as "a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted ... prior to crossing into Israeli territory," the Israeli military said.

Sensitive case of Nimisha Priya involving Houthis in Yemen being handled cautiously by Indian officials, facing unique challenges.

Israeli forces unleashed a series of strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the western city of ... concerned about intensified escalation in Yemen and Israel,” the statement added.

Israel's devastating campaigns against Iran's regional allies have severely weakened its arch-enemy's ability to project its power, but Yemen's Tehran-backed Huthi rebels remain a stubborn thorn in its side,

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, a day after the Huthi-held capital Sanaa was hit by fresh air strikes. The Israeli military said the same day a missile launched from Yemen had been intercepted.

The strikes were in response to previous Houthi missile and drone attacks on Israel, which have escalated in recent weeks.View on euronews

Yemen's Houthi spokesperson, Mohammed Abdulsalam, said the country would continue to defend itself after several U.S. strikes targeted facilities in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday.

The US military on Tuesday said its forces targeted Houthi positions in Yemen’s capital, which the Iran-backed rebels had used to launch attacks on American warships and commercial vessels