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It doesnt lead to any good place, neither for israel nor for the palestinians, by the way, and... so when ghazi hamad, a senior hamas official in beirut, just a couple of months ago says, "the al—aqsa flood 0peration" — their name for what they did on october 7th — "is just the first. "there will be a second, a third, a fourth, "because we have the determination, the resolve "and the capabilities." youre just saying, "oh, you know what? "welljust ignore that. thats just rhetoric. "we wont ...

Was intended to send a clear and unambiguous message. there are two things that it does. the first is that it does degrade some of the houthi capacity to launch these missiles and drones, and well obviously look at the assessment of that in the coming hours and days, but it also sends this very clear message that america and others, an alliance of countries backing this action, an alliance of countries, including britain, taking part in this action, but also including countries like the netherla...

At the assessment of that in the coming hours and days, but it also sends this very clear message that america and others, an alliance of countries backing this action, an alliance of countries, including britain, taking part in this action, but also including countries like the netherlands and canada and australia, are prepared to take action backing their words, and i think thats very important. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega, has more on the situtaion in the red sea. the americans...

To a report from the new york times, that the first wave of strikes, that hit 60 targets and nearly 30 locations in yemen have only managed to damage a third of the capabilities of the houthis. the houthis says it has not affected their ability to carry out the attacks and the expectation is that these attacks are likely to continue and i think a sign of that is that the us navy has warned american flagged vessels to stay awake from coastal areas of yemen. —— away. and i think experts say th...

That hit 60 locations, or 60 targets and nearly 30 locations in yemen, have only managed to damage or destroy a third of the capabilities of the houthis to carry out those attacks. in other words, the houthis says that these attacks have not damaged or affected their ability to carry out those attacks, and i think the expectation is that these attacks are likely to continue. and i think a sign of that is that the us navy has warned american flagged vessels to stay away from coastal areas of yeme...

And i think thats very important. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega, has more. the americans are saying according to a report from the new york times, that 60 locations or 60 targets and nearly 30 locations in yemen have only managed to damage a third of the capabilities of the mac houthis. it has not affect did their ability to carry out the attacks and the expectation is that these attacks are likely to continue and i think a sign of that is that the us navy has warned american flagge...

Those capabilities provide us with additional assets to respond to a wide range of contingencies. what were seeing near yemen and the red sea is the houthi rebels attempting to exploit the situation. exploit the situation, but ultimately affecting over 50 nations that are sending commercial shipping through this waterway. we do not want to see an extension of this brought in. we do not want to see an extension of this broaden. well continue to work hard on that, but at the same time, we cant all...

Degrade the capability degrade the capability of the houthis, so was this mission a success? again, i think the scope and scale is important. so, one missile doesnt really constitute a significant retaliatory action. i dont know if i would necessarily describe that as retaliatory or whether what were seeing is an effort on part of the houthis to say, "hey, were still standing". i think the houthis are evaluating what capabilities they have. whether or not they want to continue to feel the condem...

In the region are concerned about a wider conflict. ius the us already caught up in such a conflict? —— is the us already caught up in such a conflict? its important to separate the different parts here. when hamas attacked israel on october the seventh, shortly after that, the us sent additional capabilities in the region, in support of our regional deterrence efforts. so, those capabilities provide us with additional assets to respond to a wide range of contingencies. what were seeing near...

Thats what well stay focused on. are you confident that is the safe now, that this route is now safed? its probably too soon to tell. weve heard the rhetoric since november. we will continue to work both through prosperity guardian and the partners around the world to ensure mariners can make it through the red sea waterway safely. and most importantly, the houthis need to stop these attacks. some allies in the region are concerned about a wider conflict. as the us already caught up in such a co...