The US has intensified operations against Yemen's Houthis, who have been attacking ships in the Red Sea. The American Central Command said on Monday that its forces attacked various positions of the Houthi rebel group in Al Jouf and Hudaydah areas.
53 people were killed in the attack by America on Sunday and Monday. Run by Houthi Anis Al-Asbahi, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, said on the social network X that "53 people died, including five children and two women". According to him, 98 people have been injured.
America has claimed that some key Houthi leaders were killed in the attack . But the Houthi group has not confirmed anything about this. US National Security Adviser Michael Waltz told ABC News that "many Houthi leaders were targeted" in the US attack. "We hit them with excessive force and gave Iran a strong warning that it was too much," he said. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that the US will continue operations until the Houthi attacks stop.
Trump says that he had to start action against the Houthis because of the attack on the ship in the Red Sea. "Houthi has launched a missile at the American plane with the financial support of Iran." Targeting our military and allies," Trump wrote on his social network Truth Social. Trump says that Houthi's "robbery, violence and terrorism have cost billions of dollars and put many lives at risk".
The Houthi group, which began targeting shipping through the Red Sea in response to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, said it would respond to the US attack. The Houthis reported that a series of explosions occurred on Saturday evening in Sana'a and the northern provinces of Saada, which are the strongholds of the Houthi rebels. Saada, where they are based, is on the border of Saudi Arabia.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who consider Israel as their enemy, have established control over Sana'a and Yemen's north-west region . But this is not the internationally recognized government of Yemen. In a statement released by the Houthi group, the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, targeted a residential area and blamed the United States and the United Kingdom for it.
