The US Central Command says the US military has shut down 12 one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles fired by the Houthis over a 10-hour period, Al Jazeera reports.

As a result, business is severely disrupted. Local authorities say the number of ships passing through the Bab al-Mandab strait has dropped by almost 35 percent. Dozens of shipping vessels have been stranded here for six days. Many of them do not know when they are going to get clearance to leave.

The Houthis are setting new rules. They are saying that every new ship that passes through Bab al-Mandab needs to assure them that they have nothing to do with Israel — that they are not going to Israeli ports, that they are not leaving from Israeli ports, and that they are not owned by Israelis.