Houthi rebels in Yemen have shared an offensive animation depicting American flags on numerous coffins following President Trump’s threat to ‘rain hell down’ on the terror group.
The animation starts with one American flag on a coffin, then reveals multiple flag-draped coffins in the vicinity of damaged Navy ships.
The large ships have been set alight and are burning in the waters, surrounded by the coffins.
‘Houthis post animation of US draped caskets floating around destroyed warships,’ Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, commented on X.
‘These terrorists really cannot tell the difference between delusions and reality.’
The vile Houthi propaganda video sparked outrage from American civilians, and sparked fear it was a warning message about the terrorists ramping up violence. Â
Earlier on Sunday, the terror group claimed they attacked the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier along with several American warships in the Red Sea.Â
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on Sunday: ‘The armed forces, with the help of God Almighty, carried out a qualitative military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea, using 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and drones in a joint operation carried out by the missile force, Drone Air Force and the naval forces.’Â
American officials said the alleged attack is unfounded, and there is no such evidence of an attack on the Truman.Â
Patriots and Trump supporters said the Houthis would be too scared to launch such an offensive under the new administration.
‘These cowardly cockroaches hide behind their propaganda,’ one said.
‘Then do it. Sink a ship. Walk that talk. You won’t. You can’t. Iran would get powdered. We would boil the water so fast your head would spin… right off your shoulders,’ another added.
It would mark the latest escalation after launching more than 100 attacks targeting shipping since November 2023.
It is a campaign they say is waged in solidarity with Palestinians over Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.
Hours earlier, Trump initiated the first set of airstrikes of the new administration against the rebels, reportedly killing at least 31 people on Saturday.
The Houthis claimed America’s intense barrage of strikes killed children, which were carried out with British military support. They said 101 people were wounded.
Trump vowed to ‘use overwhelming lethal force’ and ordered Iran to ‘immediately’ cut its support from the Yemeni terror group.
‘To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!’ he said.Â
The US military’s Central Command, which oversees troops in the Middle East, described Saturday’s strikes as the start of a large-scale operation across Yemen.
‘Houthi attacks on American ships & aircraft (and our troops!) will not be tolerated; and Iran, their benefactor, is on notice,’ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on X.
‘Freedom of Navigation will be restored.’
Trump held out the prospect of far more devastating military action against Yemen if the Houthis do not concede.
‘The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective,’ Trump wrote.
The previous US administration of President Joe Biden had sought to degrade the Houthis’ ability to attack vessels off its coast but limited the US actions.
US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, say Trump has authorized a more aggressive approach.
Houthis have launched scores of drone and missile attacks at ships passing Yemen in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden during the Gaza war, claiming solidarity with the Palestinians.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the Houthis had ‘attacked US warships 174 times and commercial vessels 145 times since 2023.’
In all, they’ve successfully sunk at least two vessels, seized another and killed four seafarers.Â
The campaign crippled the vital route, which normally carries about 12 percent of world shipping traffic, forcing many companies into a costly detour around southern Africa.
