The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to three US defense officials, targeting weapons storage facilities, including underground facilities.

Iran, the Houthis’ main benefactor, has targeted Israel with ballistic missile attacks twice over the past year. The B-2 would be used in any American attack on hardened Iranian nuclear facilities like Natanz or Fordo, given it is the only aircraft in service that can drop the GBU-57, known as the “Massive Ordnance Penetrator”.

The aircraft was built to slip past defenses to drop nuclear and conventional bombs, including a 30,000-pound bunker buster.

Following the strike on the school building in Jabalia, the IDF published a list of a dozen names of purported terrorists it said were among those using the compound as a command and control center. It said the men "involved in rocket attacks against ...