Pentagon: US Strikes Killed 'Dozens' Of Houthis, No 'Credible Indications' Of Civilians Casualties

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During a Pentagon press briefing on Monday, Lt. General Alexus Grynkewich was asked about recent US strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.

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00:00But Sean, if the Iranian ships are operational

00:02and start helping the Houthis, will they be targeted?

00:05And for the general, any sense of a number

00:10of military casualties so far

00:11and any civilian casualties in Yemen?

00:14Well, that's a great question, General.

00:17You'll permit me to answer it?

00:18Sure, go ahead.

00:19So, I think that I certainly don't want to get out

00:21in front of the Commander-in-Chief and the Secretary

00:23as it pertains to clearance of strikes

00:25and who will be targeted,

00:27but I think the President's made very clear

00:30that all options are on the table.

00:33Yeah, Tom, just on your question of casualties,

00:36military casualties, we have some initial estimates.

00:39I hesitate to say what they are

00:41because they're very much estimates at this point,

00:44but I think in terms of dozens

00:46might be a safe overall characterization.

00:49Dozens of military?

00:49Yeah, dozens of military casualties so far,

00:52but I really can't characterize it much better

00:54than that at this point.

00:55We'll learn more as we go.

00:56On the civilian casualty side,

00:58no indications of any civilian casualties.

01:00We, of course, have seen some of the accusations

01:01by the Houthis.

01:02We look at those closely when they do come in,

01:05but we have no credible indications

01:06of any civilian casualties.

01:08You know, and I'd like to add to what General Grinch said.

01:11Anytime you're close to an operation like this,

01:13having been in combat front towards enemy before,

01:17the fog of war is a real thing.

01:19So, before we announce something here from the podium,

01:23we're gonna make sure that we get it right,

01:24and I think part of that is just taking the time

01:27to evaluate and doing a proper battle damage,

01:30BDA, battle damage assessment, sensitive site exploitation,

01:34and frankly, that stuff just takes time.

01:36And so, before we make any sort of those announcements,

01:39like, we're gonna do a real hard look

01:40and make sure that we get it right

01:41before we announce it to you.

Pentagon: US Strikes Killed 'Dozens' Of Houthis, No 'Credible Indications' Of Civilians Casualties

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