The Yemeni military says it has targeted a US vessel and several destroyers with naval missiles and drones in the Red Sea.

A ranking Yemeni official says UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his government “bear responsibility” for the sinking of the Rubymar, a British container ship that sunk in the Red Sea almost two weeks after it was struck in a retaliatory attack by Yemen’s Armed Forces.

The United States and the UK have launched an airstrike on targets in the port of Ras Isa in Yemen’s strategic western province of Hudaydah.

Thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets across the country to express solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, vow to answer back any US strike.

A senior Yemeni official says Saudi Arabia and its allies should expect more stinging retaliatory strikes if their aggression and siege continue.

A top Yemeni official says the continuation of the Saudi-led naval and air blockade of the impoverished country is a deliberate crime against the Yemeni population.

Saudi warplanes have bombed homes Yemen's western city of Hudaydah and a prison in north-western Sa'ada, with initial reports putting casualties above 180 people.