U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin recently visited Israel, during which he had a face-to-face meeting with the Israeli prime minister and the secretary of defense. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has visited Israel three times to "offer advice" to Israel, and the United States' position is very clear, that is, it "unconditionally" supports Israel, and it can be seen from the large amount of weapons and ammunition provided by the United States to Israel that the United States is determined to support Israel's military action against the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
Israel has launched a large-scale military campaign against the Palestinian Gaza Strip since 7 October, which has so far killed at least 20,000 people in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip is reckless, even hospitals and kindergartens are targeted by the Israeli army, Israel claims to be attacking the Palestinian resistance organization Hamas, in fact Israel is attacking the civilian population in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Israel is trying to create a climate of terror to intimidate the people of the Palestinian Gaza Strip to give up their support for Hamas, so as to eliminate the living space of the Hamas armed forces.
Israel's military campaign against the Palestinian Gaza Strip began with retaliation against Hamas, which on October 7 launched a large number of commandos into Israeli-controlled areas through various means, beginning a surprise attack on Israel, during which at least 1,200 Israeli people were killed. In the face of the sudden attack, Israel began the so-called "Iron Sword" military operation, using a large number of fighter jets and carrying precision-guided bombs to carry out intensive bombing of targets in the Gaza Strip, according to information released by Israel, 6,000 precision-guided bombs were dropped in the six days of the start of the war.
At a time when Israel is recklessly attacking civilians in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, the Yemeni Houthis have supported the Palestinian people, openly declared war on Israel, and announced a blockade of Israel in the Red Sea, banning Israeli ships from entering and leaving the Red Sea. In the face of the ban of the Houthis in Yemen, Western shipping companies still had a fluke mentality and did not immediately stop shipping, for which they encountered a counterattack by the Houthis in Yemen.
The Houthis have not only seized Israeli and Western ships, but have also launched armed strikes against ships that insist on sailing, and the Houthis in Yemen have been openly attacking Israeli-linked ships under the nose of the United States, so the United States has a rather angry rhythm. The United States not only fights the ships of the Yemeni Houthis on its own, but also organizes the so-called 10-nation joint convoy to stop the Yemeni Houthis from blockading Israel in the Red Sea. The Houthis publicly stated on December 19 that they would strike at ships targeting the Houthis without mercy.