Sunak dismisses claim that strikes on Houthis were part of Israel-Gaza war

Rishi Sunak has dismissed a ‘malign narrative’ claiming airstrikes against Houthis were part of the Israel-Gaza war. Addressing MPs in the House of Commons, he said: ‘I do not take decisions on the use of force lightly. That is why I stress that this action was taken in self-defence. It was limited, not escalatory.’ The Houthis attacked British and American warships on 9 January after other attacks on commercial shipping. It was ‘the biggest attack on the Royal Navy for decades’, according to Sunak