Yemen’s Houthis launched surface-to-air missiles at an American fighter jet and MQ-9 Reaper drone this week, but did not hit either, two US officials tell Reuters.
The officials, who speal on condition of anonymity, do not specify if the attacks occurred over the Red Sea or Yemen itself.
One says the incidents can suggest the Houthis were improving their targeting capabilities.
Abdul Malik al-Houthi, who leads the Iran-backed rebel group, said in a televised speech on February 13 that the Houthis would intervene with missiles and drones and attack vessels in the Red Sea if the United States and Israel tried to remove Palestinians from Gaza by force, after Trump presented his plan to displace the enclave’s population and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”