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Source: https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-us-airstrikes-israel-hamas-278d07bc5aad75bb32e57f99a78cbe88
New U.S. Airstrike Campaign Targeting Yemen's Houthis More Intense than Last
(AP) Jon Gambrell - A new American airstrike campaign against Yemen's Houthis appears more intense and more extensive, as the U.S. moves from solely targeting launch sites to firing at ranking personnel as well as dropping bombs in city neighborhoods. But bombing alone may not be enough to stop the Houthis, whose earlier barrage of missile fire toward the U.S. Navy represented the most intense combat it had seen since World War II. "Folks say, 'We'll go in there and take out everyone with the last name Houthi and we'll win.' The Houthi leadership has been taken out in history in the past, and they are resilient," U.S. Navy Vice Adm. (ret.) Kevin Donegan said. "They came back and they grew stronger." The Trump administration is allowing U.S. Central Command, which oversees Mideast operations, to launch offensive strikes at will, rather than having the White House sign off on each attack as under Biden. The military said, "CENTCOM continues to conduct strikes across multiple Iran-backed Houthi locations every day and night to restore freedom of navigation and restore American deterrence."