Both times Israel responded by attacking sites in Houthi-controlled Yemen, including fuel tanks and other infrastructure at the Red Sea port of Hudaydah. The Houthis are part of a network of armed groups in the Middle East backed by Iran that includes Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.

The United States Air Force deployed B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to strike underground bunkers used by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, marking the first combat use of the B-2 since 2017. -The airstrikes targeted facilities storing advanced conventional weapons employed in attacks against military and civilian vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.