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Many Yemenis are skeptical of Washington’s commitment to weaken the military capabilities of the Houthis in Yemen. They see the recent strikes on military sites in five Yemeni provinces as nothing more than a proportional response to an attack on a single destroyer. Expecting a limited impact from the strikes, Yemeni observers compared them to the US approach against Iranian-backed groups in Iraq.
The USS Carney shot down an Iranian-supplied KAS-04 UAV as it was "was heading toward the warship." The UAV was likley launched by the Iranian-backed Houthis.
The IMSC did not identify any of the "malign actors" that caused it to issue the warning, but it is clear the warning is in response to threats by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia.
The Iran-backed militia in Yemen that is better known as the Houthis shot down an unmanned U.S. MQ-9 Reaper in international waters off the coast of Yemen. The Houthis have shot down four U.S. Reapers since 2017.
Today's attack is the third by the Houthis that has targeted Israel, and the terror group has threatened more as Israel prepares its ground offensive into Gaza.