A US military campaign of strikes in Yemen launched just over a week ago has so far taken out key Houthi leadership, including the group's top missile specialist, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said on Sunday.
The US military has so far released few details about the operations, launched after Houthi threats to renew its attacks on Red Sea shipping over the war in Gaza.
"We've hit their headquarters, we've hit communications nodes, weapons factories, and even some of their over-the-water drone production facilities," Waltz told CBS News.
Waltz did not identify the slain missile specialist and gave no details on the other leaders who have been killed.
Ongoing Houthi terror
Rocket sirens activated across Israel, including in areas near Jerusalem, due to a ballistic missile launched from Yemen, the IDF announced on Sunday.
The missile was intercepted successfully before entering Israeli airspace.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will send a second aircraft carrier to accompany the USS Harry S. Truman in the Middle East region, according to reports on Saturday by the Associated Press and Politico, citing US officials.
The second carrier in question will reportedly be the USS Carl Vinson, which had been based in the Pacific Ocean, the report said.
The Houthis announced a blockade on Ben-Gurion Airport and warned major airlines against flying to Israel on Saturday.
“After the success of our Yemeni Armed Forces in cutting off Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, a blockade is imposed on Ben-Gurion Airport in occupied Palestine,” the terror group said on X/Twitter.