The United States said Tuesday that it had shot down 12 attack drones and five missiles launched by the Iran-backed Houthis, as the Israeli military said a fighter jet successfully shot down a “hostile aerial target” — believed to be a drone launched at Israel from Yemen — over the Red Sea.

In a statement, US CENTCOM said the USS Laboon, a guided-missile destroyer, and F-18 fighter jets from the Eisenhower carrier strike group were involved in the effort to down 12 one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles in the southern Red Sea that were fired by the Houthis over a 10-hour period.

There was no damage to ships in the area or injuries reported, the US Central Command said.

[At some point, the US will have to retaliate forcefully to impose severe costs for this kind of warmaking on the Houthis. Supposedly the Saudis are cautioning against it, but the alternative appears to be incentivizing a greater rate of attacks. That’s unsustainable for world commerce and for the security of the US Navy. — Ed]