The UK will attack Houthi targets in Yemen again if they keep attacking ships in the Red Sea, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
Mr Sunak said the UK doesn’t want to fight with the Iran-backed group, but will defend itself if necessary.
It comes after the US attacked Yemen overnight.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he supported the “focused action”.
Speaking to the members of the House of Commons on Tuesday, Rishi Sunak said: “We don’t want to argue. ” We ask the Houthis and their supporters to stop these illegal and unacceptable attacks.
However, if needed, the United Kingdom will not hesitate to defend itself again.
“We can’t just watch these attacks happen without doing anything about it. ” Not doing anything is also a decision.
On Monday night, the US and UK worked together to launch strikes for the second time since they last did on January 11th.
Since November, the Houthis have attacked lots of ships in the Red Sea, which is a very busy place for ships.
The pro-Hamas group is attacking Israeli ships because of the military operation in Gaza.
Mr Sunak said that the military had to act against the Houthis as a last option because they didn’t listen to warnings.
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UK is not looking for conflict with the Houthis – Sunak
