Trump: US strikes will continue until Houthi attacks stop

U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a pointed message to Yemen’s Houthi rebels and their Iranian supporters on Monday, warning that U.S. military operations would not let up until hostile actions against American naval vessels come to a halt.

“The Iran-backed Houthi Terrorists have been decimated by the relentless strikes over the past two weeks,” Trump wrote on social media. “Many of their Fighters and Leaders are no longer with us.”

He emphasized the ongoing nature of the campaign, stating, “We hit them every day and night — Harder and harder.” Trump explained that these operations are aimed at dismantling the Houthis’ ability to endanger regional maritime routes, noting their offensive capabilities “are rapidly being destroyed.”

Looking ahead, the president made the U.S. stance clear: “Our attacks will continue until they are no longer a threat to Freedom of Navigation.”

He issued a direct ultimatum to the Houthis: “The choice for the Houthis is clear: Stop shooting at U.S. ships, and we will stop shooting at you.” Otherwise, he continued, “we have only just begun, and the real pain is yet to come, for both the Houthis and their sponsors in Iran.”

The remarks follow a series of U.S. strikes on Houthi-controlled sites in Yemen, carried out in response to attacks that have jeopardized commercial and military vessels transiting the Red Sea.

Yemen’s Houthi terrorist forces have suffered a significant reduction in their missile launching capabilities due to a series of coordinated airstrikes by Israeli and American forces, Hebrew media reported on Monday.

Israeli military officials believe that the Iranian-backed rebels now possess only a limited number of operational ballistic missile launchers, representing a sharp decline in their stockpile, according to Israel’s Channel 12 News.

The group, which has fired missiles toward Israel on a near-daily basis since the end of the Gaza ceasefire on March 18, has fired 11 ballistic missiles to date—three of which did not activate warning systems in the Jewish state.

The U.S. THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system, recently stationed in Israel, successfully intercepted two missiles launched last Thursday by Yemen’s Houthi forces, according to Israel’s Channel 12 News. This marks the sixth interception by the system since its deployment in the region. The missile defense batteries are operated by American military personnel.