shipping and to exact revenge for last night s air strikes. frank gardner, bbc news. with me now is said shahata from bbc arabic. this latest strike by the us is different from the one that we saw, the first major strike. why do you think they have carried out a fresh strike? i think to give assurances for the shipping companies that america is supporting the freedom of navigation on the red sea. it shows the resistance of the us states, and the protection of freedom of navigation. in addition to that, they try to weaken the abilities of the houthis, because the houthis resisted four years, and they came out stronger after the bombing of yemen by the coalition led by saudi arabia. so there is no
now, the houthis have effectively entered the gaza war on the side of hamas. they ve demanded a ceasefire and they say they re targeting any ship linked to israel but they ve also attacked plenty of vessels that aren t. the capabilities the iranians have provided the houthis have included cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and also the capability to manufacture home grown uavs, drones, which can be used as a cheap way to attack both shipping at sea and targets on the land. houthi patience may outlast america s and britain s in this crisis. their drones cost a fraction of what it cost to shoot them down. they ve vowed to keep attacking shipping and to exact revenge for last night s air strikes. frank gardner, bbc news. and for more on this story you can listen to the global story podcast: why are the us and uk attacking