Israel's defence minister on Thursday warned Yemen's Houthis will suffer heavy blows if they continue to fire at Israel and that its defence forces are prepared for any mission.

A ceasefire deal between Yemen's Houthis and the U.S. does not include sparing Israel, the group said on Wednesday.

For anyone who has wondered what an “America First” foreign policy looks like, Donald Trump provided a vivid example today when he declared a cease-fire with the Houthis, the Yemeni militia that has been under U.S. bombardment for the past seven weeks.

The president needs to avoid getting sucked into the same dynamic that led Barack Obama to forge the desperately flawed 2015 Iran nuclear accords.

The United States cannot defeat the Houthis militarily, and its attempts to do so are further weakening the U.S. military in the places that truly matter.