The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has confirmed a series of joint bombings carried out by the American and British Army against positions of the Yemeni Houthi rebels in response to the attacks against ships in the Red Sea, initiated in response to the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip. “US military forces, together with the United Kingdom and with the support of Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, have carried out successful attacks against several targets in Yemen used by Houthi rebels that endangered freedom of navigation in one of the most important waterways in the world,” Biden declared, according to a statement from the White House.

Likewise, the American president has stated that The actions of the insurgents are “unprecedented” for the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles, which have endangered military and civilian personnel of both the United States and its partners. This same week, Washington had denounced an attempted attack by the Houthis against one of its ships in the Red Sea, which was patrolling to protect trade routes as part of ‘Operation Protective Guardian’, made up of more than 20 countries.

“Today’s defensive action (…) is a clear message that the United States and its partners will not tolerate attacks against our personnel or allow hostile actors to jeopardize freedom of navigation on one of the world’s most important trade routes. . I will not hesitate to order additional measures to protect our people and the free circulation of international trade,” Biden added. Subsequently, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, has also confirmed the participation of the British Air Force in the joint operation with the United States.

“Despite repeated warnings from the international community, the Houthis have continued to carry out attacks in the Red Sea, including against UK and US warships this week. This cannot continue like this (…) we have adopted limited, necessary and proportionate measures in self-defense (…) against targets linked to these attacks,” reads a statement from Sunak’s office. For their part, the Houthis have assured this Friday morning that the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel are bombing numerous cities in Yemen.

“Yemen will emerge victorious from this war”

“Right now, the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel are launching attacks in Hodeida, Sana’a (the capital), Dhamar, Saada,” Abdulsalam Jahaf, a member of the Houthi Defense and Security Council, posted on his Telegram channel, before adding who are responding by attacking ships and fighters. Besides, has praised the “Yemeni people” for their confrontation with the “infidel West”and has assured that the Houthis “have been wanting to confront” the United States for more than 20 years.

“This is the decisive historical stage with which God has honored us to humiliate the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel,” he added. For his part, Mohamed al Bukaiti, a member of the political arm of the rebels, has shown his optimism after ensuring that “Yemen will emerge victorious from this war”while the Deputy Foreign Minister, Hussein al Ezi, has expressed that the attackers “will have to prepare to pay a high price and endure the terrible consequences of the aggression.”

“Yemen stands with Palestine and will not retreat from its position, and will respond to any aggression against it,” said the vice president of the Houthi Media Authority Naser al Din Amer. London has confirmed that four British Typhoon FGR4 fighters, accompanied by a Voyager refueling tanker aircraft, Paveway IV guided missiles have been used against several facilities in Bani (northwest)from where reconnaissance and attack drones were supposedly launched, and the Abs airfield (west), from where missile and drone attacks would be launched.

More than 40 countries have condemned the Houthis for attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea

Likewise, he has expressed that special care has been taken to minimize the risks for the civilian population and that, according to preliminary data, the military capacity of the rebels against merchant ships has been reduced. The Secretary of the United States Department of Defense, Lloyd Austin, has reported that Drone-related positions have been attackedballistic and cruise missiles, coastal radars and surveillance systems.

On the other hand, the Al Masira television network, linked to the Houthis, has reported attacks on the Kahla camp, in the east of the city of Saada, in a neighborhood and on the Hodeida airport, against the air base of Al Dailami, in the north of Sana, and against the capital itself. More than 40 countries have condemned the Houthis for the attacks (put at 27 by Washington) against merchant ships in the Red Sea, through which 15% of the world’s maritime traffic passes. These attacks have affected more than 50 countries and have forced more than 2,000 ships to modify their shipping routes. Furthermore, the crew from around twenty nations have been taken hostage.

On Wednesday, the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling on the Yemeni Houthi rebels to stop their actions, although they already warned that they would not comply with the request until the “genocide” of the Palestinians in Gaza was put to an end. The Houthis, backed by Iran, have controlled the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, and other areas in the north and west of the country since 2015. In the wake of Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip due to the events of October 7, they have responded attacking vessels with some kind of connection to Israel.