The American military had previously flown air strikes on destinations in Yemen. The background is the announcement of the Huthi to resume the attacks on civil shipping in the Red Sea. This is intended to build pressure on Israel to allow aid deliveries in the Gaza Strip.
The Huthi, which belong to Iranian anti -Israeli and anti -American “axis of resistance”, had started attacks on merchant ships during the Gaza war to support Hamas Palestinian Islamists. In the course of the latest ceasefire in Gaza, they had stopped the attacks for the time being.
President Donald Trump wants to force Huthi to force the attacks with military pressure. He threatened the Huthi the “hell” would “rain” on them if they do not set the attacks. There were massive American air strikes at the weekend. The American Defense Minister Pete Hegseth presented this as a clear message to the Huthi and Iran. Trump's national security advisor, Michael Waltz, said several Huthi leaders were “eliminated”.
Under western diplomats there are doubts that air strikes are the only appropriate means. In this way, Trump's predecessor Joe Biden had not managed to get the Huthi to give in. Their propaganda had exploited the air strikes in order to stage itself as a fearless anti -American and anti -Israeli group in the region. Huthi leaders Abdul Malik al-Huthi called for mass protests against America for today.
