Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis announced on Monday that they intend to prohibit Israeli vessels from navigating the Red Sea.

Earlier that day the same group launched rockets toward central Israel though no injuries occurred.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree stated that the ban on Israeli maritime navigation is now active and any Israeli target will face attack. He added that escalation will be answered with further escalation and operations will increase based on events.

The announcement followed rocket fire from the area and claimed responsibility for strikes on central Israel. Saree noted that under the principle of unity of the fronts and in response to Israeli actions against Lebanon Iran and Gaza the forces fired missiles at sensitive targets in occupied Jaffa.

Air raid sirens sounded across much of Israel after a missile was fired from Yemen toward the central region. This escalation comes after Iran's direct strike on Israel on Sunday which Tehran described as retaliation for an Israeli operation against Hezbollah in Beirut.

After overnight missile exchanges from Iran the Houthis have now joined the offensive with their morning launch setting off sirens in central Israel and the Shefela region.

Rocket sirens sounding repeatedly first triggered by Houthi launch from Yemen

In reply to the overnight attacks the IDF hit targets inside Iran including a petrochemical plant in Mahshahr.

Sirens have sounded multiple times since early morning beginning with the Houthi launch and followed by Iranian missile waves that sent residents to shelters in the Jordan Valley Jerusalem greater Tel Aviv Beer Sheva and parts of the West Bank.

After the first Iranian wave another round of sirens sounded near Beer Sheva prompting the Israeli Air Force to launch further strikes inside Iran.