American and British forces carried out airstrikes on Houthi targets on Yemen’s Kamaran Island on Monday, Iranian state media reported.
Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported that there was no immediate information on casualties or damage following the coalition strike.
U.S. Central Command—the geographic command responsible for the Middle East—and the British Ministry of Defense did not immediately confirm the airstrikes.
Kamaran, Yemen’s largest island in the Red Sea, is located off the port city of Hodeidah. Both the isle and the port are under Houthi control.
Since the Iran-backed Houthis joined the war against Israel initiated by Hamas on Oct. 7, they have been launching drones and missiles at the Jewish state and disrupting maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
In December, the United States launched a multinational force to counter the maritime threat posed by the Houthis, who have targeted commercial vessels passing through the vital Bab el-Mandeb strait.
The Israeli Navy also bolstered its maritime presence in the Red Sea in response to the attacks from Yemen.
The Houthis have successfully hit the Jewish state on several occasions, the latest of which came on July 18, when a drone struck in central Tel Aviv, killing one civilian and wounding 10 others.
In retaliation, Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck a series of Houthi terrorist targets in Hodeidah Port on July 20.
The Houthis have threatened to avenge the attacks, with leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi vowing that a response is “inevitable and will come.”
