The Times of Israel April 4, 2025 “The view here is that the Houthis will not be able to survive and are living their final months or even days So there is no point in keeping them on our list.”
“They were part of a chain that relied on Nasrallah and Assad, and keeping only one part of that chain for the future makes no sense,” the official continued, referring respectively to the former leaders of the Hezbollah terror group and Syria.
The Telegraph report came amid a U.S. aerial campaign against the Houthis that has seen near-daily strikes in rebel-held areas of Yemen since beginning on March 15 The strikes are aimed at stopping the Iran-backed group from attacking commercial shipping in solidarity with Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas.
Washington has since said it is sending a second aircraft carrier to Middle East waters to bolster its campaign 1. to “deter aggression 2. and protect the free flow of commerce.”
The Houthis had halted their attacks on shipping during a six-week ceasefire in Gaza earlier this year, but they announced they were resuming them after Israel cut off aid to the territory before returning to fighting against Hamas.
Since then, the Houthis have launched drone and missile attacks on both U.S. warships and Israel.
So there is no point in keeping them on our list.”
to Middle East waters to bolster its campaign 
