US air attacks on Sanaa, Bayda, and Al-Majzah have killed at least 15 people and injured nine others. The deadliest attack occurred in Kahza, with at least eight raids reported in Sanaa. The Houthis political bureau denounces these attacks as crimes against civilians and promises to retaliate against them and continue supporting the people of Palestine.
Summary
- The largest military action the US has had in the Middle East since Trump took office
- Attacks are seen as “war crimes” by the Houthis’ political office.
- Trump tells the Houthis to stop or “hell will rain down” on them.
- warns Iran to stop helping the Houthis
Trump also sent a strong message to Iran, which is the biggest supporter of the Houthis, telling it to stop helping the group right away. He warned that there would be bad results for any threat to the United States.
“All of you Houthi terrorists, your time is up. Your attacks must stop right now.” If they don’t, you will see hell like you’ve never seen it before!” Trump wrote something on his Truth Social page.
The strikes that are still going on are the biggest US military operation in the Middle East since Trump took office in January. Reuters reported that the attack comes as the US tightens sanctions on Tehran to try to get it to start talking about nukes.
The Houthis call goes after “war crime.”
The political bureau of the Houthis called the strikes a “war crime.”
“Our Yemeni armed forces are fully prepared to respond to escalation with escalation,” the statement said.
Officials say that some of the strikes on Saturday were done by fighter planes from the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, which is in the Red Sea.
The US military’s Central Command, which is in charge of troops in the Middle East, said that the strikes on Saturday were the beginning of a big operation in Yemen.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on X, “Houthi attacks on American ships and planes (and our troops!) will not be tolerated; and Iran, their benefactor, is on notice.” “Freedom of Navigation will be restored.”
Trump said that he might take much worse military action against Yemen. “We will not stand for the Houthis attacking American ships. “Until we reach our goal, we will use overwhelming lethal force,” Trump wrote.
Trump Says “Hell Will Rain Down” As US Attacks On The Houthis Kill 21 During the Gaza war, the Houthis have struck Israel and ships in the Red Sea. They said that children were among the people killed by the intense attacks.
He warned that “hell will rain down” as the US attacked the Houthis and killed 21 people. CENTCOM troops began an operation against Houthi targets all over Yemen. Sanaa, Yemen:
At least 21 people were killed in the first US strikes against the Houthis in Yemen since President Trump took office in January, according to the rebels. The US also told Iran to stop supporting the group.
During the Gaza war, the Huthis have struck Israel and ships in the Red Sea. They said that children were among the people killed by the intense barrage of strikes.
“Nine civilians were killed and nine others were injured, most of them seriously,” the Huthis’ health and environment ministry said on their Saba news agency about the attacks on Sanaa.
The Huthi Ansarollah website said that a strike in the Saada area killed at least 10 people and hurt others. It spoke out against what it called “US-British aggression” and “criminal brutality” in Washington.
Ansarollah said that two people were killed in a different attack on a house in Eshaaf, which is in Saada.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) released pictures of fighters taking off from an aircraft carrier and a bomb destroying a group of buildings. They said the strikes were done to “defend American interests, deter enemies, and restore freedom of navigation.”
The British government didn’t say anything right away.
Trump threatened to “use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective” in a social media post, citing the Houthis’ threats against ships in the Red Sea.
“Ascension with ascension”
The Houthis said they would fight back against the strikes.
- The political office of the rebels said in a statement on the rebel Al-Masirah TV station, “Our Yemeni armed forces are fully prepared to meet escalation with escalation.”
- Trump also told Iran that it needed to stop helping the Houthis “immediately.”
- They have been in charge of most of Yemen for more than ten years and are part of the “axis of resistance” of pro-Iran groups that are fiercely against Israel and the US.
- As a show of support for the Palestinians, they have attacked ships moving through Yemen in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with drones and missiles many times during the Gaza war.
- The campaign shut down an important route that usually moves about 12% of the world’s shipping traffic. As a result, many companies had to take an expensive detour around southern Africa.
- The US strikes were called “a stark violation of international law and an assault on the country’s sovereignty and stability” by the Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday. They said this because they were thankful that the Houthis were supporting them.
