The Zionist website “Bhol” reported on Tuesday that “Israel” is providing intelligence support to Saudi Arabia amid the escalation with Ansar Allah in Yemen, through the U.S. Central Command, in what it described as a “silent alliance” between “Tel Aviv” and Riyadh.

The website quoted diplomatic sources in the region as saying that “Israel is assisting Saudi Arabia with intelligence, without any operational or direct involvement in the fighting,” noting that the information is being transmitted to Riyadh through U.S. Central Command, “CENTCOM.”

According to the report, the issue of this cooperation was raised during a meeting held yesterday in Jeddah between the commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This comes amid Washington’s efforts to avoid opening an additional military front.

Bin Salman had requested last week that U.S. President Donald Trump order American strikes against Yemen, but Trump rejected the request. U.S. officials meanwhile explained that the administration would provide Saudi Arabia with intelligence and assistance in identifying targets.

On the ground, the website said the confrontation has entered a new phase, with the scope of attacks launched from Yemen expanding for the first time to the Makkah region. It added that warning sirens were also activated in Jeddah, Taif, Abha, Jizan, AlUla, and Yanbu on the Red Sea coast.

In contrast, the website pointed to what it described as field gains achieved by Ansar Allah inside Yemen, with advances along the Red Sea coast and control of the city of Mokha and the strategic Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

“Bhol” considered that control of these areas increases the threat to maritime shipping routes and raises concerns in Riyadh, particularly as Saudi Arabia currently relies on the Red Sea to export oil following Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

The report concludes that Riyadh is facing growing pressure on more than one front, at a time when Washington is seeking to contain the escalation without becoming directly involved in a military confrontation with the Yemenis.