The US Defense Secretary said on Sunday that the United States will keep attacking Yemen’s Houthis until they end attacks on shipping.
This is as the Iran-aligned group signaled that it could escalate in response to deadly US strikes the day before.
The airstrikes, which the Houthi-run health ministry said killed at least 53 people, are said to be the biggest US military operation in the Middle East since the second return of President Donald Trump in January.
Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on Sunday that his militants would target US ships in the Red Sea as long as the US continues its attacks on Yemen.
“If they continue their aggression, we will continue the escalation,” he said.
The Houthi movement’s political bureau described the attacks as a war crime, while Moscow urged Washington to cease the strikes.
According to the Houthis’ military spokesman early Monday, the group had launched a second attack against the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea.
US warplanes reportedly shot down 11 Houthi drones on Sunday, none of which came close to the Truman.
It was gathered that US forces also tracked a missile that splashed down off the coast of Yemen and was not deemed a threat.
According to the US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, “The minute the Houthis say we’ll stop shooting at your ships, we’ll stop shooting at your drones. This campaign will end, but until then it will be unrelenting.”
The Houthis, who have taken control of most of Yemen over the past decade, said last week that they would resume attacks on Israeli ships passing through the Red Sea if Israel did not lift a block on aid entering Gaza.
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