Officials say strikes are part of an effort to degrade Houthi assaults of Israel and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.

Houthi militants have used the targeted facilities to conduct attacks on U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according to Central Command.

The more than a dozen strikes in Sana'a and other parts of Yemen are the first major ones since the Navy shot down its own F/A-18F.

Airstrikes targeting Houthis in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday, conducted by U.S. Navy ships and aircraft, hit a command hub and weapons production facility as well as a bunker housing missiles and drones.

The US military said that it carried out strikes against Houthi targets in Sanaa and coastal locations in Yemen

Israel launched airstrikes on multiple targets in Yemen, including the capital of Sana’a, during the early hours of Thursday morning, while the Yemen-based Houthi militant group was conducting its own missile attack on Israel.