 The U.S. began directly accusing Iran of attacking Israel and ships in the Red Sea. The U.S. believes that Iran is involved in the planning and execution of drone and missile attacks by Yemen's Houthi Group on Israel and ships in the Red Sea, a senior aide to U.S. President Joe Biden said, according to the Telegraph, the comments by Deputy White House National Security Advisor John Finer are among the most explicit to date by a U.S. official alleging Iranian involvement in the Houthi attacks. Finer spoke hours after the U.S. imposed new sanctions aimed at throttling what U.S. officials say is Iranian financial support for the Houthi strikes. The Houthis would not have the weaponry, would not have the intelligence, would not have the motivation to do this, were it not for the role of the IRGC, Finer told an Aspen Security Forum conference in Washington using the acronym for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. They're involved in the conduct of these attacks, the planning of them, the execution of them, the authorisation of them, and ultimately, they support them. He continued. Iran has denied any involvement in the strikes. The Houthis say they have been staging attacks against Israel and Israeli ships in the Red Sea in response to the offensive Israel launched against Tehran-backed militant group Hamas in Gaza.