The U.S. military said it conducted multiple precision strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday, but a spokesman for the terrorist group said it will continue to defend itself.

The Houthis have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea for more than a year to enforce a naval blockade on Israel, claiming they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians affected by Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip to destroy Hamas, another Iranian terror proxy. U.S. warships providing cover for the merchant vessels have also come under fire.

U.S. Central Command said Tuesday in a news release the targets in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital, and coastal locations within Houthi-controlled territory were used in attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

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