US strikes destroyed an uncrewed underwater vessel and 18 anti-ship missiles on Monday in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, according to US Central Command, Paralel.Az reports citing CNN.

The Houthis have been targeting ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since shortly after Israel's war with Hamas began, with the group trying to pressure Israel and its allies to stop its offensive in Gaza.

CENTCOM said Monday that it struck after determining that the Houthi weapons “presented a threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships,” according to a statement.

Earlier on Monday, Houthis fired two anti-ship missiles toward a Singaporean-owned, Liberian-flagged merchant vessel named Pinocchio, CENTCOM said. The ship was not hit and there were no injuries reported.

Last week, a ballistic missile by the Iran-backed militant group struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, killing three crew members in its first fatal attack since October.