The deposed head of the Houthi government in Sanaa, Abdulaziz Saleh bin Habtoor, admitted that his group had attacked targets in the occupied territories, and threatened to do more if the bombing of the Gaza Strip continued.

Bin Habtoor said in his speech, “The Americans intercepted missiles and drones that were heading towards the occupied territories and shot down part of them, and the other part was able to reach its targets.”

He added, "Sanaa has contributed and will contribute with all its capabilities to respond to the massacres in Gaza," stressing: "If the attack on Gaza continues, Israeli ships will be attacked in the Red Sea."

The US Navy had previously announced that the crew of the destroyer USS Carney operating in the northern Red Sea shot down 3 land attack cruise missiles and drones launched by the Houthis in Yemen.

While experts say that Iran instructed its militia in Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon to attack targets against Israel, the latter responded that it responded to a number of missile attacks, amid the rise in the number of Palestinian civilian casualties to more than 4,000 thousand martyrs, the majority of whom were children, women and the elderly.