The Houthis had threatened the day before to join the conflict triggered on February 28 by the Israeli-American offensive on Iran.
In a video statement posted on X, their spokesperson Yahya Saree declared that the movement had carried out its “first operation” against Israel and hit “sensitive military sites of the enemy” in a ballistic missile attack.
Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli army said it had activated its anti-aircraft defense after “identifying the firing of a missile from Yemen towards Israeli territory.”
The Houthis are allied with Tehran as part of what Iran has dubbed the “axis of resistance” against Israel, alongside the Lebanese Hezbollah, the Palestinian Hamas, and pro-Iranian armed groups in Iraq.
“We are ready for direct military intervention in the event of a new alliance with the United States and Israel against Iran (…), conducting hostile operations against Iran or any Muslim country from the Red Sea (…), and in the event of further escalation against the Islamic Republic,” Yahya Saree stated in a video released on X on Friday.
These pro-Iranian insurgents, who control much of Yemen, had carried out numerous attacks against Israel and commercial ships in the Red Sea during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza between 2023 and 2025.
