The president of the United States, Donald Trump, explicitly linked the actions of Yemen's Hutis rebels with the main benefactor of the group, Iran, warning Tehran that “would” suffer the consequences “to obtain more attacks by the group.
Trump's comments on his Truth Social Website increase the new air attack campaign of his administration aimed at the rebels, who killed at least 53 people this weekend alone. American officials said the strikes were carried out against more than 40 objectives and that more air attacks were planned in the next few days. The officials spoke about anonymity to discuss the details of military operations.
Meanwhile, the Iranians continue to weigh how to respond to a letter that Trump sent them last week trying to boost negotiations on the nuclear program that Tehran's progress progresses.
Houthi's supporters recovered in several cities on Monday after strikes, promising revenge against the United States and Israel for blocking aid to the Gaza Strip after their war against Hamas there. The Al-Masirah satellite news channel of the Houthis put the young people on Air Live, who sang the slogan of the group: “God is the greatest; Death to America; Death to Israel; curse the Jews; Victoria to Islam “.
“The Yemeni position is an irreversible position (with respect to Gaza), so do what you want (the Americans), because we are men who are not afraid of anyone but God,” said Muhammad Ali al-Houthi, a Hutí leader who spoke with the demonstration in the capital of Yemen, Sanaa.
The United Nations asked to move on to all military activities in Yemen and the Red Sea, urging the “greater restriction” and warning that “any additional escalation could exacerbate regional tensions,” UN spokesman, Farhan Haq on Monday.
Trump links Iran with the hutis
When describing the hutis as “mafia and thug sinister,” Trump warned that any group attack would find “great force, and there is no guarantee that this force will stop there.”
“Iran has played 'the innocent victim' of dishonest terrorists of those who have lost control, but have not lost control,” Trump claimed in his position. “They are dictating each movement, giving them weapons, providing them with highly sophisticated money and military equipment, and even the so -called” intelligence. “
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And in a marked deviation from the previous administration, Trump has given the United States central command to the authority to launch offensive attacks against Hutis when he considers it appropriate.
The Biden administration had required the approval of the White House to carry out offensive attacks such as those that during the weekend. It allowed US forces to launch defensive attacks, even to eliminate weapons that seemed to be ready to shoot.
Delegating the authority to the regional commander, said Lieutenant General Alex Grynkewich, director of Operations of the Joint Chiefs of the General Staff, “allows us to achieve a rhythm of operations in which we can react to the opportunities we see on the battlefield to continue pressing the hutis.” He added that it also allows the United States to reach a broader variety of objectives.
American officials said Trump made the decision last week.
The weekend attacked the positions of the headquarters and drone sites where what the Pentagon identified as “key leaders” for the Hutis drones program was located at that time, Grynkewich said.
The Pentagon said there was no evidence that civilians were killed in attacks.
Iran warns us about the 'reckless' words
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations delivered a strong reprimand on Monday to Trump's recent rhetoric over the Islamic Republic, saying that Trump and US officials are making “reckless and provocative statements” and threatened to retaliate if those words resort to actions.
In a letter to the UN Security Council, Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said his country “would defend his sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests under international law against any hostile action.”
It is not clear what caused Trump's publication. However, the head of the Paramilitary Revolutionary Guard of Iran sought to separate the actions of the hutis of Tehran's this weekend. The hutis also launched drones and missiles aimed at the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft in the Red Sea, although none came to the ship while the flight operations in the region continue.
“Each shot fired by the hutis will be analyzed, from this moment, as a shot of the weapons and leadership of Iran, and Iran will be responsible and will suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be serious!” Trump added.
The Houthi rebels attacked more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two vessels and killing four sailors, from November 2023 to January of this year, when the fire began a stop in Gaza. The campaign also greatly increased the profile of the hutis in the broader Arab world and hastened public criticism against their human rights abuses and repression in workers of dissent and help.
The Hutíes said that there were US air attacks. Uu. During the night, although US officials did not recognize them immediately.
World Food Program Warehouse attacked by Houthis
In the province of Saada, the strength of the Hutis, the rebels assaulted a warehouse led by the World Food Program. An exiled government member of Yemen first reported that the hutis had been taking installation supplies without the permission of the WFP after US air attacks. The United Nations Agency then recognized the actions of the Hutis to Associated Press.
“The PMA regrets the decision of the de facto authorities to seize some of the basic products,” he said. “These products were intended for the most vulnerable families of unexpected food. Only the PMA and its partners have the authority to distribute them and make sure they reach the planned recipients. “
Yemen, in the war since the Hutis seized Sanaa in 2014, has been in the hungry precipice for years. But the UN in February suspended its operations in Saada for security concerns after the arrests of dozens of UN workers and others in recent months. A day later, PMA announced that one of his employees died while he was imprisoned by the hutis.
The writers of Associated Press Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp in Washington, and Edith M. Lederer and Farnoush Amiri on the United Nations contributed to this report.
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