Yemeni militants from the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) carried out drone strikes on Israeli targets in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Eilat, and the Negev Desert.

A ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen was intercepted by air defenses a short while ago, the Israeli military said.

Yemen's Houthi militants said on Saturday that they attacked a Liberia-flagged container vessel for a second time in the latest action against commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden, News.az reports citing Reuters .

The Houthis from Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement have attacked the Elbella and Aal Genoa commercial vessels in the Red Sea, the movement’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said.