Yemen's Houthis said on Friday they targeted a ship, which they identified as Megalopolis, in the Arabian Sea with drones, without specifying a date. Megalopolis, a Malta-flagged container ship, is currently en route to Oman's Salalah port,

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.

It was the first time the United States used these stealth bombers against the Houthis, who have targeted commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.