U.S. and British forces launched a new wave of strikes on targets in Yemen, the Pentagon said, focusing on locations it said were linked to Iran-backed Houthi militants who have repeatedly attacked U.S. warships and commercial vessels in the Red Sea. Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi political bureau, responded with a vow that the maritime attacks will continue until Israel’s assault on Gaza is over, adding that the strikes “will not go unanswered, and we will meet escalation with escalation.”