The US Defense Department is considering directly striking the Yemeni rebel movement Ansar Allah’s (the Houthi) rebel military targets in Yemen in response to the escalating attacks on military and commercial shipping in the Red Sea, the US website Semafor reported citing sources.
Biden administration officials told the portal that they’re increasingly concerned that the Houthis are trying to undermine global maritime trade, both to undercut trade to Israel and to raise the costs to the US and its allies for supporting the Jewish state.
That said, US officials are weighing a strike on the Houthis against their fears of potentially fueling a broader war against Iran.
At least eight ships have reportedly come under attack by the Houthis in what is believed to be retaliation for the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Two global shipping majors suspended their vessels’ passage through the Red Sea on Friday: Denmark’s Maersk and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd. Then on Saturday, the Italian-Swiss giant MSC and France’s CMA CGM also suspended the travel of their vessels through the Red Sea strait.
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