The Iranian-backed rebels have kept up a steady drumbeat of attacks in the Red Sea on commercial shipping despite a U.S. campaign to stop them.

A missile launched from Yemen triggered air raid sirens across central Israel sending millions of residents looking for cover for the second night in a row.

Masirah said that some of the strikes targeted power stations in the capital, as well as the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red Sea.

Now, Israel was focusing on Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to the defence minister. "We will strike (the Houthis') strategic infrastructure and cut off the head of the leadership," he said. "Just like we did to Haniyeh, (Yahya) Sinwar and (Hassan ...

The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea for more than a year in what they have described as a campaign in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Israel’s military launched deadly strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen early Thursday, just hours after the Iran-backed militant group’s latest attack on Israel.

An Ansar Allah source told Newsweek that Israel "represents a danger to Yemen and to various Arab and Islamic countries."

Israel has bombed key ports in Yemen as well as the country's capital Sana'a in response to more than a year of missile and drone attacks launched by the country's Houthi rebels, the military said on Thursday.

Israel carried out airstrikes early Thursday in Yemen in response to a Houthi attack hours earlier, the latest move by Israeli forces to weaken Iran and its proxies in the region. The first wave of strikes hit military targets in the ports of Al-Hudaydah,

Yemen's Huthi rebels on Tuesday said they fired a "ballistic missile" at central Israel, after the Israeli military said it intercepted a "projectile".

Yemen's Houthi forces have launched drone strikes on Israel, escalating tensions and raising concerns over Middle Eastern stability and humanitarian issues.- Watch Video on English Oneindia