Joe Biden said Thursday that US-British strikes targeting the Houthis in Yemen would continue, and the White House announced that the United States had again struck the rebel group's missiles on the ground on Thursday, as they had already done during the night from Wednesday to Thursday.
Asked by journalists at the White House about these strikes, the American president declared: “Are they stopping the Houthis?
No.
Will they continue?
Yes ".
Mentioning the strikes already carried out during the night from Wednesday to Thursday on 14 missiles of pro-Iran rebels, John Kirby, spokesperson for the National Security Council, for his part declared: “We did it again this morning by striking missiles (…) which we believe were ready for imminent launch into the Red Sea.”
He added that the US military command in the Middle East would provide more details soon.
Denmark wants to join the coalition
These American strikes, while the Middle East risks a regional conflagration around the war between Israel and Hamas, came a few hours after Washington once again qualified the Yemeni rebels as a “terrorist” entity.
The Houthis, at war for nearly a decade against the Yemeni government, are targeting merchant ships they believe are linked to Israel, in an area crucial for international trade.
The United States decided to lead the international response to these attacks, striking the Houthis in concert with the United Kingdom, and with the support of Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands.
Denmark, cradle of the shipowner Maersk, number two in world maritime transport which has temporarily stopped transiting through the Red Sea, announced on Thursday that it wanted to join this coalition.