Najm Abdulkarim 
US Defense Minister Beit Higseth vowed today (Saturday) to restore freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, stressing that his country will not tolerate the Houthi attacks.
“Good luck to our warriors, we will not tolerate the Houthi attacks on American ships and aircraft and our forces,” he wrote on his account in X, explaining that the Houthis and those who support them know this and America will restore freedom of navigation.
He pointed out that during the era of President Donald Trump will never retreat. This came at a time when the US Central Command published a video clip of the military operation against the Houthis in Yemen, which started today.
The US Central Command explained on its account in «X», that it launched a large -scale operation against the Houthis in Yemen, explaining that it carried out a series of operations that included accurate strikes against the Houthi targets throughout Yemen to defend American interests, deter the enemies, and restore freedom of navigation.
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The American raids targeted the Al -Jarraf neighborhood in the peoples of Shaoub, north of Sanaa, and according to eyewitnesses, violent explosions shook Sanaa, and the smoke columns rose from the targeted sites near the Sanaa airport and the TV building in the Al -Jarraf neighborhood, northwest of Sanaa.
On the other hand, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that President Trump sent a strong and clear message to the Houthis, indicating that the attacks on American ships and the global shipping movement should stop. Rubio vowed to continue to protect freedom of navigation.
It is noteworthy that the Houthis since November 2023 have carried out terrorist operations against the shipping ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf and Aden, which caused the sinking of a commercial ship and the damage of another.
