The strikes “also followed the Houthi’s aggression against the State of Israel since the start of the war,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Footage from the scene appeared to show an armed drone exploding over a residential building close to the U.S. diplomatic mission.

Washington sanctioned two ship owners and two vessels tied to “an Iran-based, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force-backed Houthi financial facilitator.”

The missile, which triggered air-raid sirens in the southern city, was apparently fired by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen.

The Houthis in Yemen are strategic players for the Persians in the Middle East, on the most strategic strait between the Far East and Europe, Bab el Mandeb in the Red Sea.

Pharaoh, Hamas and the Houthis.

“The IRGC made a mistake. They crossed the thin red line between being daring and too aggressive,” says Israeli analyst.

The international community needs to come to its senses about what is really happening in the Middle East.

New ‘land bridge’ to bypass Red Sea shipping could turn Israel into an East-West shipping hub.