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The Houthis remain committed to firing on Israel until the Gaza war ends, and even a direct Iranian order might not stop them. Tehran, for now, is distancing itself from the fight, and Trump’s threats to strike Iran appear unlikely to materialize
In January 2024, President Joe Biden admitted that U.S. strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels hadn’t deterred them. Six more months of intensive American attacks on Houthi strongholds failed to eliminate the threat of Yemeni missiles and drones. Then-U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Brown added in July 2024 that the crisis in the Red Sea cannot be solved solely through military force against the Houthis.