Watch: We’re starting a strike in Yemen
The death toll from US stalls against Yemen has risen to 53, including five children, Houthi Rebels’ health ministry said.
The US said on Saturday that it launched a “decisive and powerful” wave of air against Hooty’s target, citing the attack on shipments in the Red Sea as a result of President Donald Trump.
Washington said some important Houthi figures are among the dead, but the group has not confirmed this.
Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi said his extremists will target ships in the Red Sea as long as the US continues to attack Yemen.
Houthi Health Ministry spokesman Anis Al-Asbahi posted on X that he had updated his previous deaths, including “five children and two women” and 98 were injured.
The two fathers, who named them as Ahmed, told AFP News Agency:
Houthis said a fresh US strike was launched in the port city of Hudaydah on Sunday night. The US has not commented yet.
US national security adviser Michael Waltz told ABC News that Saturday’s strike “targeted multiple Hooty leaders and pulled them out.”
He told Fox News:
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses vowed to make a “relentless” missile campaign until Hooty’s attack stopped.
“I want to be very clear. This campaign is about freedom of navigation and restoration of deterrence,” Hegses said in a TV interview with Fox Business.
Houthis said it will continue to target transport in the Red Sea until Israel lifts Gaza blockade, and its forces will respond to the strike.
Iran-backed rebel groups that view Israel as their enemy dominate Sana and the northwest of Yemen, but that is not the country’s internationally recognized government.
Houthis has said he is acting in favor of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and often mistakenly claims that they are targeting only ships related to Israel, the US or the UK.
Since November 2023, Houthis has targeted dozens of merchant ships with missiles, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. They sunk two ships, seized a third, and killed four crew members.
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Damage to Sanaa, the capital of Yemen after the strike
Announcing Saturday’s strike, Trump said he would “use overwhelming lethal force until he achieves his goal.”
“The Iran-funded Houthi Thugs launched missiles on US aircraft and targeted our troops and allies,” Trump said on social media, adding that their “piracy, violence and terrorism” would be “billions of dollars” and that their lives were at risk.
Speaking directly to the Houches, Trump wrote, “Hell will rain over you like you’ve never seen before.”
However, Houthis was unwavering with their reaction, saying that the attack would not reduce their support for the Palestinians.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragut said the US government “has no authority or business to direct Iran’s foreign policy.”
“Final support for Israeli genocide and terrorism,” he posted on X on Sunday. “Stop killing the people of Yemen.”
A spokesman for the Houthis military said Sunday without providing evidence that the group targeted US airline Harry S. Truman and his warships in the Red Sea with ballistic missiles and drones in response to a US attack.
However, US officials told Reuters that the US fighter planes fired 11 Houthi drones on Sunday, none of which were approaching Truman.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for “maximum control and halt all military activities” in Yemen on Sunday.
