Donald Trump has launched strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” against the group until they agreed to end their attacks on shipping assets.
Writing on his Truth Social platform, the US President wrote: “Your time is up, and your attacks must stop, starting today. If they don’t, hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before.”
“I have ordered the US military today to launch a decisive and powerful military operation against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen,” Trump added.
“We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective.”
Images circulating online show smoke rising in the capital city of Sanaa
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Last night, the Houthi-run health ministry said at least nine had been killed and nine injured in the strikes in Sanaa
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Last night, the Houthi-run health ministry said at least nine had been killed and nine injured in the strikes in Sanaa.
Trump continued: “Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at US aircraft, and targeted our Troops and Allies.”
He added that this had cost “billions of dollars” and put lives at risk.
Trump said Iran would be held “fully accountable” for the actions of its proxy, adding: “And we won’t be nice about it!”
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Images circulating online show smoke rising in the capital city’s airport complex, which includes a sprawling military complex.
The strikes come days after the Houthis, who control much Yemen, announced they would resume attacks on Israeli ships in response to the country’s blockade on Gaza.
The group announced this week that they was “resuming the ban on the passage of all Israeli ships” in the Red Sea.
Whilst the group has said since the beginning of the war that they are attacking ships connected with Israel, many of the vessels struck have no connection with Israel.
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