The Red Sea is a 1200-mile narrow strip of water located between northeastern Africa and the Arabian Sea which separates the coast of Suez-Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea from Saudi Arabia and Yemen, connecting the Gulf of Aden with the Arabian Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.

On September 9 last year at 3:36 p.m., local time, the Israeli Air Force mobilized a total of 15 aircraft, including four F-35s, eight F-15s, and support aircraft, to launch 10 missiles toward Doha, the capital of Qatar.

When Israel targeted Hamas leaders meeting in Qatar to consider a Gaza ceasefire proposal, Israeli fighter jets over the Red Sea launched ballistic missiles in the strike.

After Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed to have struck an Israeli-owned tanker in the Red Sea, images of burning vessels were shared in social media posts falsely claiming it showed the attack at the end of August 2025.