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We know that the defense industry isn’t keeping up with the rate of expenditure either by the U.S. military or to support its allies and partners like Ukraine and Israel,
Stroul said
The last administration lived in thrall of escalation, and they self-limited everything they needed to do,
said Kenneth McKenzie, a retired Marine general who led the U.S. Central Command under Trump and President Joe Biden from 2019 until 2022An important and missing element this time around is the multinational one,
said Dana Stroul, the Pentagon’s top Middle East official under the Biden administrationLeave it up to the Houthis, they’ll fight up until the very last member of their movement,
said Bilal Saab, a former defense official under the first Trump administration
Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength,
Netanyahu’s office wrote in a series of posts on X as the airstrikes commenced
There is a very clear end-state to this operation, and that begins the moment that the Houthis pledge to stop attacking our ships and putting American lives at risk."
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell
We say to Trump: No matter how much you boast, no matter how powerful you think you are, God's might is greater than yours. We bow to no one, we fear no one, because our path is the right and legitimate path — the path the entire world should follow."
Ansar Allah Leader Abdul-Malek al-HouthiQuite frankly, it's hard to tell because while we're executing precision strikes, they missed by over 100 miles,
he said on MondayYemen will never back down — we defy the Americans, we defy the Zionists, ... We are the men of the Prophet."
said a man shouting slogans to the Sanaa crowd, who chanted back
Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at U.S. aircraft, and targeted our Troops and Allies,
the president continuedIt has been over a year since a U.S.-flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden,
Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on SaturdayHe has called for utmost restraint and adherence to international humanitarian law, and he has pushed for a refocus on diplomacy to avoid uncontrollable destabilization in Yemen and in the region,
Haq said
The U.S. military was striking residential buildings ... I wonder where are the human rights that the U.S. has been boasting about through Western media,
Mutahar lamentedWe can't sleep ... my daughters can't sleep ... we all stayed awake hiding under a table in a small room,
said a father of two in Yemen, describing U.S. air attacks as loudly violent that shook houses and smashed windowsThe secretary-general calls for full freedom of navigation in the Red Sea,
said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio GuterresThe United Nations remains committed to continuing its efforts towards broader de-escalation in Yemen as well as continued engagement with the Yemeni, regional and international stakeholders in order to secure a sustainable and peaceful resolution to the conflict, and ultimately a better future for the Yemeni people,
Haq saidTrump ordered the airstrikes on Yemen, targeting and destroying several residents' houses and killing dozens of Yemeni families along with their children in the past 24 hours,
Mutahar, a father of two, told XinhuaOne airstrike targeted the Al-Arj area in Bajil district, east of the city, while another series of airstrikes hit and destroyed the Al-Habashi iron factory in the Salif district, northwest of the city,
the TV channel reportedAmerica is fighting peace in the Middle East,
Al-Hassan Al-Alawi, a university student, told XinhuaDeath to America, death to Israel,
protesters cried at the square decorated by huge billboards showing the group's leader, and other leaders from what the group called the "resistance axis."