Israel deploys missile boats in Red Sea as Houthis attack from Yemen

Middle East Monitor



The Israeli military has said that it has deployed missile boats in the Red Sea a day after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement revealed that it had launched missile and drone attacks on Israel and vowed to carry out more.

Images disseminated by the Israelis showed Saar-class corvettes patrolling near Eilat port in the Red Sea. Israel sees this as a new front as its war in Gaza draws retaliation from Iran-aligned, pro-Hamas forces elsewhere in the region.