As the war between Israel and Hamas teeters on the brink of a broader and more deadly regional conflict, Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Sunday that a wave of joint U.S.-British retaliatory airstrikes has left them with “no response or punishment.” “I will not pass,” he vowed.
“These attacks do not undermine our moral, religious and humanitarian stance in support of the resolute Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip,” Houthi spokesman Amin Hayyan said. stated in a statement.
US and British forces struck 36 rebel targets in Yemen on Saturday, a day after targeting 85 sites linked to other Iranian-backed militant groups in Syria and Iraq. Friday's airstrikes came in response to months of attacks on U.S. military bases, including a drone attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan near the Syrian border that killed three Americans.
The Houthis have been targeted since November after attacking a number of commercial ships in the Red Sea region. This is the third time British and American forces have jointly targeted the Houthis, who have said their attacks were carried out in solidarity with Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip on October 7. It claims that air attacks have continued since the Hamas raid on the Israeli border area on Sunday.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the U.S. and British response was “intended to reduce the ability of the Houthis to continue their reckless and unlawful attacks.”
US attacks groups supporting Iran:New base in Yemen targeted
Developmental status:
∎ The death toll of Palestinians rose to 27,365, with the majority of victims being women and children, the Gaza Ministry of Health announced on Sunday. According to the ministry, more than 66,000 people were injured and about 8,000 are still missing.
∎ Iran has warned the US not to target two cargo ships suspected of serving as operating bases for Iranian special forces.Beshad and Sabiz are registered merchant vessels for a Tehran-based company sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for supporting Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Corps.
∎ The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that at least two children were killed in an Israeli attack on a kindergarten in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of using schools and other public spaces as cover and using civilians as human shields.
President Trump says he can stop deadly attacks on US military bases
The attack on a US military base in Jordan by Iranian-backed militants a week ago that killed three US soldiers would not have happened if Donald Trump had been president, the Republican presidential candidate said on Sunday. .
President Trump said, “We have kept Iran in check.'' Sunday Morning Futures. He spoke of his time as president, saying that the United States “condemned very harshly” Iran's actions. President Trump said Iran had no choice but to fight back.
“They feel they have to do that, and I understand that,” Trump said. “They called me and said, 'We're going to reach a certain location, but we're not going to get there, it's going to be outside the perimeter.' So they pointed the missile at us and said, 'Don't attack us. Please, I'm not going to attack you.'' It was respect and we were respectful. ”
President Trump was apparently referring to Iranian attacks on Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops. The January 2020 attack was carried out in retaliation for the assassination of an Iranian general by the United States. However, the Pentagon announced that multiple Iranian missiles had hit the base on the same day. Numerous American soldiers suffered traumatic brain injuries.
The deadly drone strike near the Syrian border a week ago was the third attack in six months to target the base known as Tower 22. It is the first time that three U.S. troops have been killed by enemy fire in the area since the war began nearly three months ago.Iran denies involvement in the attack and says regional militants are not taking orders from Tehran
Israel raids outpost where Hamas trained for October 7 attack
The Israeli military said in a statement that an Israeli raid in southern Gaza uncovered the headquarters of the Khan Younes Brigades, including the offices of Mohammed Sinwar, the brother of Hamas political leader Yahya Sinwar. . The Al-Kadosia outpost was used to train militants who carried out an astonishing attack on border Israeli communities on October 7, the statement said. The attackers killed more than 1,200 people and took about 240 hostages, more than 100 of whom remain prisoners in Gaza.
The outpost contained models of entrance gates to kibbutzim and other raided areas. The statement said the militants defending the outpost were “eliminated” by sniper fire, tank shelling and air force attacks.
Hamas considers framework for hostage deal, but opinions on both sides appear to be wide apart
Hamas leaders need more time to consider a proposed framework for a ceasefire, but “there is no agreement yet,” a senior Hamas official said. Osama Hamdan said Hamas was reviewing the framework put forward by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, but Hamdan said Hamas would continue to support the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the lifting of the blockade imposed on the enclave and the war. He stated that he has not withdrawn his demands such as the reconstruction of the city. -Destroyed cities and towns, provided humanitarian aid, traded prisoners and hostages, and established a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Some of these demands have been repeatedly rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking at a news conference in Lebanon, Prime Minister Hamdan acknowledged that Egypt and Qatar had tried to broker a deal, but blamed Israel's “obstinacy” for the apparent failure to reach an agreement.
“We highly appreciate the efforts made by our brothers in Egypt and Qatar to reach a sustainable ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip,” Hamdan said.
Israel's national security chief says Biden is obstructing Israel's war effort
Biden administration is sabotaging Israel's war effort and Republican presidential nominee Israel's Minister of National Security said President Donald Trump would give Tel Aviv free rein to crush Hamas. Itamar Ben Gvir, who heads a far-right party important to Netanyahu's coalition, has criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu in recent weeks for being too eager to strike a deal with Hamas to free more than 100 hostages. has been repeatedly criticized. Ben Gvir also spoke out against President Joe Biden, despite his staunch support for Israel in the face of global discontent over the withering destruction and death stoked by Israeli aggression. He has a sharp point of view.
“Biden is busy giving (Gaza) humanitarian aid and fuel that goes to Hamas instead of giving us full support,” Ben Gvir told The Wall Street Journal. “If Trump had been in power, America's actions would have been very different.”
Iran condemns US and UK airstrikes
Iran also condemned the U.S. and British airstrikes, which were carried out with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand, as a violation of Yemen's territorial integrity and international law. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanani called on the international community to hold the countries involved accountable.
“The military adventurism of the United States and the United Kingdom, characterized by military attacks against regional countries, is a continuation of both countries' misguided approach and policy of resorting to militarism to advance unjust objectives in the region,” Kanani said. added. The airstrikes were “in stark contrast to Washington and London's repeated claims that they do not want to see war or conflict spread in the region.”
Contribution: Associated Press
