Yahya Sare'e, the spokesman for the Houthi rebels, Iran's proxy in Yemen, claimed that the Houthis attacked the "Israeli ship MSC DARWIN in the Gulf of Aden using several naval missiles and UAVs," and added that "the operation achieved its goal." Sare'e also claimed that the Houthis fired "a number of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles at Israeli targets in Eilat." (Lior Ben Ari).