Houthis claim Saudi Arabia targeted Indian yacht in Red Sea; Iran's IRGC claims striking vessels in Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz; US orders diplomats out of Saudi Arabia

Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed Saudi Arabia targeted a yacht carrying 14 Indian nationals near Zuqar Island in the Red Sea, while also claiming four attacks inside Saudi Arabia in 48 hours, including on the Defense Ministry building in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam. Separately, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced it struck four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers in the northern Persian Gulf and that three other ships hit naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. In response to increased Houthi hostilities, the U.S. State Department ordered non-emergency government employees and their families to depart Saudi Arabia.