The United Arab Emirates Air ForceF16F Block 60 conducted several airstrikes on Marib, Sanaa, and Saada in retaliation for the attack, which was described as "the heaviest airstrikes Sanaa endured". The UAEAF also bombed the position from which the missile was believed to have been fired.[6]
The United Arab Emirates declared a three-day period of mourning with the UAE flag flying at half-mast in honor of the soldiers killed in Yemen,[7] the deadliest episode in UAE army history.[1] The UAE leaders, including sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and the sheikhs of the Federal Supreme Council, visited the family homes of each of the fallen soldiers and offered their condolences.[8]
