houthi rebels

The Houthi rebels in Yemen, backed by Iran, had initiated a series of attacks on Israel and targeted commercial and military ships in the Red Sea

The strike, carried out by the Navy destroyer USS Carney, targeted a radar site deemed a threat to commercial vessels. This comes a day after the US and Britain conducted multiple airstrikes on Houthi rebels.

The strikes, conducted from both air and sea, come in response to the Houthi movement's attacks on ships and represent a regional expansion of the conflict beyond the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

This incident is part of a series of attacks by Houthi militants on commercial shipping, marking the 14th and 15th incidents since October 17, as reported by the US Central Command.