Israel’s military launched airstrikes early Monday targeting ports and facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, with the rebels responding with missile fire targeting Israel

The Houthis then responded with an apparent missile attack on Israel. The Israeli military said that it attempted to intercept the two missiles launched by the Houthis, but they appeared to make impact, though no injuries have been reported. Sirens sounded in the West Bank and along the Dead Sea.

The U.S. military spent hundreds of millions of dollars earlier this year in a six-week barrage intended to stop the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen from targeting ships in the Red Sea.

Ansarullah leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi stressed that honoring the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) is first and foremost an act of solidarity with the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and a reaffirmation of the enduring legacy of divine guidance and moral leadership for the Muslim nation.

More than 17 million people in conflict-torn Yemen are going hungry, including over a million children under the age of 5 who are suffering from ''life-threatening acute malnutrition,'' the United Nations humanitarian chief said Wednesday.