The US president renews his invitation to Iran to interrupt the support of the Yemeni group, which was targeting Israel because of his war in Gaza.
Washington, DC – Donald Trump renewed his call to Iran end his support Houthispromising that the Yemeni group will be defeated by the United States.
The comments from the US president on Wednesday followed the day after Houthis asked for attacks aimed at US warships in the Red Sea area, as well as a rocket launch against Israel.
Overnight, the US also continued to hit Houtho strongholds in Yemen, including the capital, Sana.
“Huge damage was done to Barbari Houthhi and watch how progressively it will get worse – this is not even an honest struggle, and it will never be,” Trump wrote in a post on social media. “They will be completely destroyed!”
This month, the US has been launched A few waves attacks on Houthis, who control Sana and present themselves as the official armed forces of the country.
Since 2023, Houthhi targets ships in the Red Sea and around it and launched rockets in Israel, say they put pressure on the Israeli government to complete War on Gaza.
The group paused with the Red Sea attacks during the gauze trunk, but re -launched them earlier this month, in response to the blockade of Israel to humanitarian aid to Palestinian territory.
Houthis also continued his direct military operation against Israel after the Israeli army broke a two -month end of fireKilling hundreds of Palestinians this week.
The administration of former US President Joe Biden also bombed the positions of Houthhi in Yemen, but the Washington campaign failed to stop the group attacks.
In his post on social media on Wednesday, Trump quoted “reports” in which he claimed that Iran reduced his support to Houthis, but still “sends high levels of stock”.
“Iran has to stop sending these stocks immediately,” he wrote. “Let Houthi fight alone. They lose anyway, but that way they lose quickly.”
Trump has previously threatened Iran revenge If not restrained in Houthis.
Although Houthi – known formally as Ansar Allah – united with Iran, is not clear how much they rely on Iranian support or whether Tehran can order them to stop their attacks.
But Trump portrayed Houthis as the hand of the Iranian government.
“Each shot that Houthhi fired will be seen from this point as a shot from weapons and leadership of Iran.
For its part, Houthhi rejected the threats of now -ai Bombing campaignpromising to continue his attacks until Israel is over the attack on Gaza.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that the United States aggression will not distract the steady and fight Yemen to fulfill their religious, moral and humanitarian duties towards the Palestinian people,” the group states on Tuesday.
“They confirm that they will escalate their military operations against the Zionist enemy, unless the brutal aggression against the gauze stops and the blockage does not abolish.”
Trump black list Houthis as a “foreign terrorist organization” in the early days of its Presidency this year. The Biden Administration marked the group “specially marked global terrorists” – slightly lower appointment that includes minor limitations.
