The is no evidence the Houthis successfully struck a U.S. warship. All three commercial vessels escorted by the Navy reportedly are intact and en route to their destinations.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they have targeted Israel with drones three times in the past 48 hours in cooperation with their allies in Iraq. In a statement, the Houthis said two operations targeted northern Israel and the third targeted the southern city of Eilat.

The projectile was shot down after sirens had sounded in various areas of central Israel in the early morning, an Israeli statement said

Yemen’s Houthi group claimed a ballistic missile attack Sunday on a “vital target” in central Israel. Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said that his group targeted a vital target in central Israel with a hypersonic ballistic missile, saying the attack “successfully hit its target.”

Yemen's Houthi group launched a ballistic rocket towards Israel on Sunday morning, Houthi media outlets reported.

Hypersonic missiles, which travel at speeds exceeding Mach 5— five times the speed of sound— offer significant advantages over conventional ballistic missiles

Israel's military said on Sunday that it intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen before it entered Israeli airspace.