The Iranian-backed rebels have kept up a steady drumbeat of attacks in the Red Sea on commercial shipping despite a U.S. campaign to stop them.

A missile launched from Yemen triggered air raid sirens across central Israel sending millions of residents looking for cover for the second night in a row.

A missile fired from Yemen hit Tel Aviv overnight into Saturday, Israeli authorities said, in a rare instance of a failed interception over the city.

An Ansar Allah source told Newsweek that Israel "represents a danger to Yemen and to various Arab and Islamic countries."

The Israeli army said an attempt to intercept a projectile launched from Yemen overnight, some 2,000 kilometres away, was unsuccessful. Several people were injured after the projectile fell in Tel Aviv,

The Israeli military said it had carried out airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday after its air force had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen overnight. The strikes hit military targets belonging to the Houthi militants on the western coast and inland Yemen,

Yemen's Huthi rebels on Tuesday said they fired a "ballistic missile" at central Israel, after the Israeli military said it intercepted a "projectile".

Israel carried out airstrikes in Yemen in response to a Houthi attack hours earlier, the latest move by Israeli forces to weaken Iran and its proxies.

Now, Israel was focusing on Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to the defence minister. "We will strike (the Houthis') strategic infrastructure and cut off the head of the leadership," he said. "Just like we did to Haniyeh, (Yahya) Sinwar and (Hassan ...

Masirah said that some of the strikes targeted power stations in the capital, as well as the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red Sea.

The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea for more than a year in what they have described as a campaign in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.