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U.S. military forces bombed more than a dozen sites in Yemen in a massive retaliatory action against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
The strike included Tomahawk cruise missiles, drones, and bombs hitting 60 targets in Yemen to degrade the Houthis’ “command-and-control nodes, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defense radar systems,” according to the U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command.
Joe Biden said in a statement that the United States “will not tolerate” the ceaseless attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea.
“These strikes are in direct response to unprecedented Houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the Red Sea — including the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles for the first time in history,” Biden said in the statement.
“I will not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people and the free flow of international commerce as necessary,” he added.
The U.S. was joined in the strike by Great Britain. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the UK took “limited, necessary and proportionate action in self-defense, alongside the United States with non-operational support from the Netherlands, Canada and Bahrain against targets tied to these attacks, to degrade Houthi military capabilities and protect global shipping.
