Since the start of Operation Iron Swords (October 7, 2023), the Houthi campaign in the Red
Sea area has escalated and drawn in many participants, the most important of which are the
United States, Britain and Iran, whose involvement has increased. Initially the Houthis
launched missiles and UAVs at Israel, but their tactics gradually morphed into attacking
ships sailing in the Red Sea and near the coast of Yemen which they identified as “having
connections to Israel.”