The anticipated attacks on the Houthis by the U.S. and the U.K. have begun. 

Bloomberg's Jennifer Jacobs reported on the airstrikes. 

BREAKING: The US and the UK have launched airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis. The Iran-backed militant group set off a series of attacks in the Red Sea in the past two months, firing missiles at container and military ships on an almost-daily basis. @business https://t.co/MHD7oYZsFw

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 11, 2024

The U.S. launched the attacks from the USS Eisenhower, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement is predictably already calling for action to support the Houthis. 

The Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement condemned the strikes and urged “the people of the Arab and Islamic nation to take action.”

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 12, 2024

USS Florida, a guided-missile submarine, also fired Tomahawk cruise missiles into Yemen against Iranian-backed Houthi targets, @Liz_Friden reports. pic.twitter.com/G4fjFCvnKl

— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) January 12, 2024

Biden or someone on his behalf has issued a statement on the strikes. 

BREAKING NEWS: Statement from President Joe Biden on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas in Yemen pic.twitter.com/Hsw9dB0xBm

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 12, 2024

Then he called a lid and will have nothing more to say. 

Alleged video: 

Huge explosion in the capital city of Yemen Sanaa after a U.S. airstrike pic.twitter.com/9uCX9pF4Dg

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 12, 2024

We will keep you updated as this is a developing story.