US could hit Iran targets in Yemen over support for Houthis, official warns

The United States could hit Iranian targets in and around Yemen as part of a renewed campaign against the Houthis, amid the resumption of the group’s attacks on Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

As Israel continued to violate the terms of the Gaza ceasefire and blocked the entry of humanitarian aid to the enclave, Yemen’s Houthis resumed their assault on Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea.

Since Saturday, the US has responded by launching a series of deadly strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, with reports putting the number killed by the strikes at at least 50, including civilians.

Speaking to ABC News on Sunday, the Trump administration’s National Security Advisor Mike Waltz went so far as to warn that the US is not only willing to strike Houthi targets, but also sites directly linked to Iran. “We will hold not only Houthis accountable but also their Iranian backers,” he stated.

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Those potential targets, he said, could include Iranian military trainers, Iranian ships near the Yemeni coast that have allegedly assisted the Houthis in intelligence gathering, as well as “other things they have put in to help the Houthis attack the global economy.”

Waltz’s warning came as President Donald Trump himself wrote on his Truth Social account that “every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be dire!”

Rejecting Iran’s claim that it has no control over the Houthis, Trump said: “Let nobody be fooled! The hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi… all emanate from, and are created by, IRAN”. He asserted that Tehran is “dictating every move, giving them the weapons, supplying them with money and highly sophisticated Military equipment, and even, so-called, Intelligence.”