'Oops... these Houthis': Trump posts deadly US airstrike on Yemen | VIDEO
Trump strike on Houthis | Truth Social, AP
US President Donald Trump shared a bird's-eye-view video on his social media platform, Truth Social, showing several Houthis getting klled by an airstrike in Yemen.
In the post, Trump says, "These Houthis gathered for instructions on an attack. Oops, there will be no attack by these Houthis!"
The president then added, "They will never sink our ships again!"
The purported video shot from directly above a remote area near a road showed dozens of Houthi fighters who were gathered in circle for a meeting. A few moments later, a large blast is shown following which the who place is covered in a fireball and spiralling smoke.
The clip later shows other angles of the site where vehicles can be seen. We can also see a large crater created by the explosion.
This is the latest airstrike in a string of attacks launched by the US since March 15. Houthi-linked media outlets have claimed that several operatives of the Iran-backed Shia group were killed in dozens of US strikes in Sanaa, Hajjah, Saada and Hodeida. According to the Houthis, at least 67 people have been killed in the US strikes before the latest attack.
The Houthis have attacked more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since November 2023 following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
While announcing the latest strikes in March, Trump said Houthis will be targeted for their "unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism." He pointed out that Houthis attacks have disrupted energy and cargo shipments via the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal.
"We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective," Trump said back then.
However, the Houthis have not acknowledged whether any of their leaders have been killed in the US attacks.
Houthis have retaliated against the US, targeting its aircraft carrier, USS Harry S Truman. Though the US vessels are untouched, the US Navy admitted that the attacks by Houthis are "the most intense" the country faced since World War II.
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