{"id":130192,"date":"2025-03-16T21:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/houthis-claim-retaliation-as-us-says-its-strikes-to-continue-in-yemen-al-jazeera-english\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T21:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:00:40","slug":"houthis-claim-retaliation-as-us-says-its-strikes-to-continue-in-yemen-al-jazeera-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/houthis-claim-retaliation-as-us-says-its-strikes-to-continue-in-yemen-al-jazeera-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Houthis claim retaliation as US says its strikes to continue in Yemen – Al Jazeera English"},"content":{"rendered":"

The death toll from the US attacks on Yemen has risen to 53, the Houthi-run Health Ministry said.<\/em>
Yemen\u2019s Houthis have said they have retaliated after vowing to \u201cmeet escalation with escalation\u201d following the United States air strikes against the group that killed at least 53 people on Saturday.
The rise in the death death toll to 53 from the US attack on Yemen was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Houthi-run Health Ministry on Sunday. Five children and two women were among the victims, while the number of injuries rose to 98, said Anees Alsbahi, the spokesperson.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said earlier on Sunday that the group targeted the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman and its warships with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone, state TV Al Masirah reported. The US has not yet responded to the Houthis\u2019 claim.\u00a0Saree added that the US had launched more than 47 raids on various areas in Yemen.
In separate comments, Abdul Malik al Houthi, the leader of the Houthi movement, said in a televised statement that the US and Israel were \u201cseeking to impose the equation of permissibility on the region and its people\u201d.
\u201cWe will respond to the American enemy with missile strikes and targeting its warships and naval vessels,\u201d al-Houthi said, stating that they have decided to \u201cthreaten Israeli shipping to pressure the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip\u201d.
The Houthi political bureau said that the deadly strikes constituted a \u201cwar crime\u201d.
Al-Asbahi said Saturday\u2019s attacks targeted the capital, Sanaa, and areas in Saada, Al Bayda and Radaa.\u00a0<\/a>
But after ordering the initial attacks, US President Donald Trump said he would use \u201coverwhelming lethal force\u201d until the Houthis cease their attacks on shipping along the crucial maritime corridor in the Red Sea.
The Houthis, who began their attacks on shipping containers in response to Israel\u2019s war on Gaza in 2023, and in defence of the Palestinians, reiterated on Sunday in separate comments that the \u201cnaval operation will continue until [the] Gaza blockade<\/a> is lifted and aid is let in\u201d.
The Houthis had halted the attacks when the Gaza ceasefire took effect in January and have not launched any attacks in the two months since.
At the beginning of March, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the entry of aid deliveries to Gaza was being suspended<\/a> in a move to pressure Hamas into accepting an extension of the first stage of the ceasefire deal instead of moving on to the next stage, which would negotiate an end to the war.
On Tuesday, the Houthis announced they would resume attacks after their deadline for Israel to allow the resumption of aid deliveries into Gaza had passed.<\/p>\n

On Sunday morning, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Washington would conduct \u201cunrelenting\u201d strikes against the Houthis until they stop targeting US assets and global shipping.
Speaking to Fox News, Hegseth said the campaign was a response to the numerous attacks the Houthis have launched on ships since November 2023 and served as a warning to Iran to cease supporting the group.
\u201cThis will continue until you say \u2018We\u2019re done shooting at ships. We\u2019re done shooting at assets,'\u201d Hegseth said.
The US and some of its allies have bombed Yemen with cruise missiles on several occasions since January 2024 as Israel\u2019s war in Gaza raged and the Houthis continued their sustained maritime campaign.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also announced that the US military campaign would continue until the group could no longer strike ships. He blamed Iran for supporting the Houthis.
US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz told ABC that the strikes \u201cactually targeted multiple Houthi leaders and took them out\u201d.
There has been no confirmation from the Houthis about Waltz\u2019s comments.
Nabeel Khoury, a former US diplomat, told Al Jazeera that Trump\u2019s decision to launch attacks against the Houthis is \u201cmisguided\u201d.
The Houthis, who have been \u201cbombed severely all over their territory\u201d in the past, are not likely to be subdued through \u201ca few weeks of bombing\u201d, Khoury said, adding that attacks on shipping containers could be resolved through diplomacy.
As Trump warned Iran to stop supporting the Houthis and vowed to hold Tehran \u201cfully accountable\u201d for the actions of the group, General Hossein Salami, head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), denied his country was involved in the Houthis\u2019 attacks.
According to state-run TV, Salami said on Sunday that Iran \u201cplays no role in setting the national or operational policies\u201d of the groups it is aligned with across the region.
Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also urged the US to halt the strikes on a post on X and said Washington could not dictate Iran\u2019s foreign policy.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for \u201cutmost restraint and a cessation of all military activities\u201d in Yemen, his spokesperson said.
\u201cAny additional escalation could exacerbate regional tensions, fuel cycles of retaliation that may further destabilize Yemen and the region, and pose grave risks to the already dire humanitarian situation in the country,\u201d U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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