Yemen’s Houthi Militia yesterday dismissed US President Donald Trump’s “empty threats” to eliminate the group, saying they will not deter them from “continuing to support Gaza”.

“Trump’s empty threats will not deter the free people of Yemen from their support for Gaza… Just as the usurping Zionist entity [Israel] targets the entire Palestinian people in Gaza and then claims it is targeting only Hamas, Trump is trying to claim that the new US aggression against Yemen targets only Ansar Allah,” said Hashem Sharaf Al-Din, a spokesman for the Houthi government in a statement, explaining that the fresh US strikes on Yemen target the entire Yemeni people.

He added that Trump’s threat to eliminate the group is a “desperate attempt to justify the brutal aggression carried out by the US against Yemen.”

On Wednesday, Trump threatened to “wipe out” the Houthis. This came days after he ordered a “major attack” against the sites in Yemen.

As of last night, Houthi sources reported dozens of US air strikes across Yemen, killing 53 people and injuring more than 100 others, including women and children.

The Houthi group has been targeting Israel-linked ships in the Red and Arabian seas, the Bab El-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden with missiles and drones since late 2023, disrupting global trade in what it said was a show of solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.​​​​​​​

It halted its attacks when the Gaza ceasefire was declared in January but resumed them after Israel closed crossings into the enclave and stopped the delivery of all humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.