TEHRAN – The US renewed its strike against Yemen on Saturday, saying that the salvo at the beginning of the attack under President Donald Trump would act as a “peace maker” against his predecessor, Joe Biden.
The small-scale strikes on Sunday and Monday killed dozens of Yemeni civilians, including women and children. The US said it had hit missile and drone systems, air defense and radar, but so far footage shows only American bombs in rainy housing complexes.
Yemeni forces began targeting Israeli ships and ships in the Israeli possession and Israeli Sea in 2023 after the start of the Israeli Genocide War in Gaza. The Ansarlah movement, which has ruled much of Yemen since the revolution kicked out Western-backed President Abdullab Mansul Hadi in 2015, said the attacks are in solidarity with Gaza people who are denied food, water and drug therapy.
With the exception of the short period after the ceasefire in Gaza in November, Israeli ships have not been able to pass through the Red Sea in the past 19 months. Ansarlah announced last week that if the administration continues to violate the agreement and withhold humanitarian aid from the starving, sick population of Palestinian enclaves, it will once again become targets of Israeli vessels. This ultimatum now has reports showing that food has not yet been put into Gaza.
The latest wave of American airstrikes appears to be a response to new pressure on Yemeni Israeli ships. In a message from his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said that Yemenis is a hit because he killed the US military and its allies. He also said he would continue to bomb the country “indefinitely” until he quits operations in the Red Sea. Trump did not comment on Israel’s Gaza blockade and apparently did not believe that allowing humanitarian aid to American taxpayers would be significantly less burdensome to American taxpayers than deploying expensive weapons to attack Yemen. During his recent presidential election, a former businessman said he would first place the working class in America and refrain from wasting their taxes.
Millions of Yemenis took him on the streets of the Arab state on Monday and said they would continue to support the Palestinians no matter what. “We’re not scared of bombs or missiles. This is nothing new. What we care about is our dignity,” one civilian said. “We are not like other Arabs. We will die rather than live a comfortable life with our Palestinian brothers and sisters while they are brutally murdered.”
The massive demonstration was a sign that the fresh attacks were not losing morale to Yemen. Analysts say that such moves are unlikely to reduce military capabilities. Biden carried out numerous attacks on the Arab countries with the help of the UK when he took office, but Ansarra gradually moved to increase its operations and strike the highly protected Israeli position within the occupied territories.
Questions about diplomacy with Iran
In another post on his social media platform, Trump said Yemen will hold them accountable for Yemen’s attacks on American interests. “All shots fired by Houthis (Ansarullah) from this point on are considered shots fired from Iran’s weapons and leadership, and Iran is responsible, and the consequences are disastrous!” he wrote on Monday.
The president argued that all the Arab operations were led by Iran, and that he did not provide evidence. Iran has said many times that it maintains close ties with all the resistances of West Asia, but does not have authority over them.
The US routinely denounces Iran whenever it faces attacks from resistance — a group that has emerged over the years in response to American occupation and interventionism — Trump’s recent accusations and subsequent set of threats have increased importance. Before Monday’s explosion, the president’s efforts and official statements focused on putting radioactive strains on the country’s leadership that escalates tensions with Iran, claiming that they are seeking war while he likes diplomacy.
Trump has been asking Iran to sign a new nuclear deal with him and ignore the international contract that led to Washington withdrawal in 2018. Iranian officials distrust the United States, believing that negotiations are in vain and even harmful to Tehran.
In his recent stance as a diplomatic fan, the president wrote to the leaders of the Islamic Revolution, and Ayatollah publicly announced its existence, even before Tehran received it, via the Arab Emirates Liaison visiting Ali Khamenei.
The report suggests that Iran may be preparing to respond to Trump. However, it appears that the president could not wait for the response to be delivered before he showed the real colour.
“Trump has carried out a promising peace and the end of the American war this January. But just two months later, he ordered an attack on Yemen and now threatens to attack Iran,” said Amir Ali Abulfas, an expert on American affairs. “No matter who becomes the president of the United States, war is in the DNA of American foreign policy.”