Yemen's Houthi rebels, who were threatened with an air and naval blockade by Israel on Tuesday, are one of Iran's few allies still standing since the Gaza war spilled across the Middle East. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE HOUTHIS?

Tensions in the Middle East escalated further as Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for launching two ballistic missiles—one reportedly hypersonic—toward Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

Qaida’s Yemen branch has threatened both U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip in his first video message since taking over the group last year.

Israel intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, targeting it amidst ongoing conflict involving the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. The Houthi attacks, in solidarity with Gaza, have disrupted trade in the Red Sea.

The Israeli army and Houthi-controlled media reported the strikes on Hodeidah, a key port for humanitarian aid imports, on Tuesday. An Israeli official said an “aerial and naval blockade” could follow unless Houthi rebels halt attacks on Israel.

CAIRO - The Israeli military said on Tuesday that a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel had \"most likely\" been intercepted, hours after Israel deployed its navy to hit targets in the Yemeni Red Sea port of Hodeidah.

Terrifying scenes in Israeli skies as a Houthi ballistic missile nearly hits a passenger plane, intercepted just in time by Israel's air defense system. Sirens blared across Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and the West Bank as Iran-backed Houthis launched a massive missile attack in retaliation for Israel’s naval strike on Yemen’s Hodeidah Port.

The Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Sanaa International Airport on May 6 and May 28, 2025, were apparently unlawful indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks on civilian objects and should be investigated as war crimes.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired missiles at Israel on Tuesday, setting off nationwide air raid sirens.

He’s expected to field sharp questions from members of Congress about his tumultuous start as Pentagon chief, including his sharing of sensitive military details over a Signal chat, in separate Capitol Hill hearings beginning Tuesday.