The US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) announced that an American destroyer intercepted, Thursday morning, while sailing in the waters of the Red Sea, several explosive drones launched from Yemen from areas controlled by the Houthis.

The US Central Command (Centcom) said - in a post on the ".

She added that the drones “were shot down while the American warship was on patrol in the Red Sea. Neither the ship nor its crew suffered any damage or injury.”

Centcom did not clarify - in its statement - the destination of the drones it shot down, but in recent weeks the Houthis have launched drones and missiles towards Israeli territory.

The Israeli army announced - yesterday, Wednesday - that it had intercepted a cruise missile that was launched towards the city of Eilat, while the Houthis claimed responsibility for launching a batch of missiles from Yemen towards southern Israel.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the Houthis warned Israel's allies that they, in turn, had become a "legitimate target" in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, after the Houthis last weekend seized a cargo ship linked to an Israeli businessman, in response to Israel's war on Gaza.