The United States announced its intention to use "overwhelming deadly force" against the Houthis.

The United States intends to use "overwhelming lethal force" against the Yemeni Houthis until they achieve their goals. This was announced on March 17 by Sean Parnell, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.

"We will use overwhelming lethal force until we achieve our goals," he said during a briefing broadcast by the CBS News YouTube channel.

On March 15, the Central Command of the US Armed Forces announced the start of a large-scale operation in Yemen.

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On March 16, the press service of the Yemeni Ministry of Health reported that the death toll from the US attack had increased to 53 people, 98 people were injured. Al Masirah TV channel reported on March 16 that the US army carried out an airstrike on a power plant in Dhayan in the province of Saada in northern Yemen. Later that day, the Yemeni Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement announced that they would reach a new level of escalation if the United States continued bombing Yemen.