Pentagon reports military drone shot down by Houthis. The Houthis shot down a US military MQ-9 drone for the second time since October.
At the same time, the international alliance is forming: two French frigates have thwarted attacks from Yemen. The Iranian-backed militia says it is acting in solidarity with Hamas and is directing its attacks off the Yemeni coast on freighters with alleged Israeli connections. Red Sea is considered one of the most important shipping routes for world trade because it connects the Mediterranean with the Indian Ocean via the Suez Canal in Egypt.