US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, said that the purpose of the attacks is to erode the military capabilities of the Houthis. "We will not hesitate to carry out more attacks," Austin said.
Meanwhile, the Houthi rebels attacked tonight the American oil tanker "MV Torm Thor" which was sailing in the Straits of Aden. The Yemeni media outlet "Al Masirah TV" reported a series of attacks by Britain and the United States in the capital Sana'a. They quoted an unnamed military source as saying that the American strikes are "a poor attempt to prevent Yemen from providing support to the Palestinian people in Gaza"