UK: Strikes Against Houthi Targets Were Self-Defense

British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey stated to Times Radio on Friday that the strikes carried out by Britain and the United States overnight on military targets of the Houthis in Yemen were acts of self-defense. Heappey said, "Our actions and those of the Americans last night were self-defense against further attacks on our warships while they were carrying out their legitimate duties." The United States and Britain launched air and naval strikes on Houthi military targets in Yemen in response to the group's attacks on ships in the Red Sea, marking a regional expansion of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.