 So it was strange, and then I saw a red and orange blast. I felt this heat, a blowback. The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen said it carried out the attack as part of its support for Palestinians in Gaza. Throughout the Israel-Hamas war, the Houthis have fired dozens of rockets and drones toward Israel and at commercial ships in the Red Sea. Israel, the U.S., and Western allies had intercepted projectiles launched toward Israel until now.