美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周二出人意料地宣布，美国将停止轰炸也门的胡塞武装，坚称该反叛组织已同意停止在红海袭击美国船只。
“他们至少向我们宣布，他们不想再打了，”川普在白宫与加拿大总理马克·卡尼合影时说。“他们只是不想打仗，我们会尊重这一点。”
“而且，他们已经投降了，”他补充道。“但更重要的是，他们——我们会相信他们的话。他们说他们不会再炸船了。”
此举结束了特朗普政府数周来代价高昂的攻击和威胁，导致总统国家安全团队的重大改组。
阿曼外交部的一名发言人周二在X邮报上证实了这一消息。
阿曼外交部在声明中说:“阿曼苏丹国最近与美国和也门共和国萨那的有关当局进行了讨论和接触，旨在缓解紧张局势，双方达成了停火协议。”。
“未来，双方都不会在红海和曼德海峡瞄准对方，包括美国船只，以确保航行自由和国际商业航运的畅通，”它补充说。
然而，胡塞武装最高政治委员会成员穆罕默德·阿里·胡塞武装表示，胡塞武装不会立即同意美国提议的停火。
胡塞人将“首先在实地评估”美国的停火建议，他在周二下午发布了这一消息。
当美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)询问有关该声明的更多细节时，美国中央司令部推迟了对白宫的答复。
周二晚些时候在椭圆形办公室举行的另一场活动中，特朗普声称他“不久前”通知军方停止袭击。
记者要求特朗普提供更多细节，说明与胡塞人的协议是如何达成的，但他很快表示，这一宣布不是一项协议。
“他们说，‘请不要再轰炸我们了，我们也不会攻击你们的船只，’”他说。
当被问及谁告诉美国胡塞武装对美国船只的袭击将会停止时，特朗普表示反对，称这“无关紧要”，然后补充说，这是“非常非常好的消息来源”。
国务卿马尔科·卢比奥和副总统J.D .万斯笑着说他们同意他的观点。
“他们不想再被轰炸了，”特朗普重复道。
卢比奥补充说，“这始终是一项航行自由任务。”
“这些家伙，你知道，是一群拥有先进武器的人，他们威胁着全球航运，”他说。“而工作就是让这一切停止。”
据美国军方称，美国从3月15日开始在也门对胡塞武装目标进行空袭，已经进行了800多次空袭。
4月18日，美国对Ras Isa燃料港口的袭击造成至少74人死亡，171人受伤，这是美国战役中已知的最致命的袭击。
然而，美国军方也遭受了一些打击。
自3月15日以来，美国军方已经损失了7架“收割者”无人机，每架价值3000万美元，以及一架F/A-18E战斗机滚下美国哈里·S·杜鲁门号航空母舰的侧面，两周前沉入红海海底。没有人在那次事件中丧生。
一名美国官员援引初步现场报告称，由于胡塞武装开火，美国哈里·S·杜鲁门号航空母舰可能突然移动，最终导致战斗机飞离。该事件仍在调查中，但该航空母舰此前已成为胡塞武装的目标。
过去两天，以色列军队也对也门进行了袭击，袭击了其位于红海的主要港口、两家水泥厂和萨那机场。
以色列政府表示，这些袭击是对胡塞周日袭击以色列的回应，以色列国防军表示，袭击的目标是也门的胡塞基础设施。
虽然特朗普声称美国对胡塞武装的任务从一开始就是一项“航行自由”任务，但自2023年10月8日以来，胡塞武装与悬挂美国和英国国旗的船只之间在红海的冲突一直在发生。
2023年10月7日哈马斯发动恐怖袭击后，以色列对加沙发动了军事行动，胡塞人表示，他们将袭击与以色列盟友有关的船只，以支持加沙的巴勒斯坦人民。
自那以后，胡塞人在过去的19个月里，一直以他们认为与以色列在红海的盟友有不同严重程度联系的船只为目标。在以色列结束与哈马斯的临时停火三天前，美国加剧了冲突，并于3月18日恢复了在加沙的军事行动。美国于3月5日对胡塞武装发动了首次打击。
当被问及胡塞武装对以色列的持续威胁时，特朗普声称他不知道这件事。
“但我知道一件事。他们不想和我们有任何关系，他们已经通过他们所有的代理人非常强烈地表达了这一点，”他说。
特朗普政府花了几周时间试图挽回自己在也门袭击计划的面子，此前有消息称，包括时任国家安全顾问迈克·华尔兹(Mike Waltz)和国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)在内的国家安全高级成员就即将发生的袭击Signal的计划进行了沟通。
《大西洋月刊》总编辑杰弗里·戈德堡(Jeffrey Goldberg)意外受邀参加了一次信号小组聊天，并看到了有关规划的细节。
上周，特朗普宣布的华尔兹将离开他的内阁职位，并被提名为美国驻联合国大使。
Trump announces US, Houthis to stop bombing each other -- Houthis argue they will 'evaluate' ceasefire proposal
President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Tuesday that the United States would stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, insisting that the rebel group had agreed to stop attacking U.S. ships in the Red Sea.
"They've announced to us at least that they don't want to fight anymore," Trump said during an White House photo-op with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. "They just don't want to fight, and we will honor that."
"And, they have capitulated," he added. "But more importantly, they -- we will take their word. They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore."
The move caps off weeks of costly attacks and threats delivered by the Trump administration, which led to a major shakeup of the president's national security team.
A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Oman confirmed the announcement in an X post on Tuesday.
"Following recent discussions and contacts conducted by the Sultanate of Oman with the United States and the relevant authorities in Sana'a, in the Republic of Yemen, with the aim of de-escalation, efforts have resulted in a ceasefire agreement between the two sides," the Foreign Ministry of Oman said in the statement.
"In the future, neither side will target the other, including American vessels, in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, ensuring freedom of navigation and the smooth flow of international commercial shipping," it added.
However, Mohammed Ali al Houthi, a member of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, said the Houthis are not immediately agreeing to the U.S.-proposed ceasefire.
The Houthis will "evaluate" the U.S. ceasefire proposal "on the ground first," he posted on X Tuesday afternoon.
When asked by ABC News for more details on the announcement, U.S. Central Command deferred to the White House.
During another event at the Oval Office later Tuesday, Trump claimed that he informed the military to stop its attacks "a little while ago."
Trump was pressed by reporters for more details about how the deal with the Houthis came together, but he quickly said the announcement isn't a deal.
"They've said, 'Please don't bomb us anymore, and we're not going to attack your ships,'" he said.
When asked who told the U.S. that the Houthi attacks on U.S. ships would stop, Trump demurred, saying it "doesn't matter" and then adding that it was from a "very, very good source."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance laughed and said they agreed with him.
"They don't want to be bombed anymore," Trump repeated.
Rubio added that "this was always a freedom of navigation mission."
"These guys, these are, you know, a band of individuals with advanced weaponry that were threatening global shipping," he said. "And the job was to get that to stop."
The U.S. began airstrikes in Yemen against Houthi targets starting March 15 and has conducted over 800 strikes, according to the U.S. military.
On April 18, an American strike on the Ras Isa fuel port killed at least 74 people and wounded 171 others in the deadliest known attack of the American campaign.
However, the U.S. military has taken some hits as well.
The U.S. military has lost seven Reaper drones since March 15, each drone costing $30 million, and an F/A-18E fighter jetrolled offthe side of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and sank to the bottom of the Red Sea two weeks ago. No one was killed in that incident.
The USS Harry S. Truman possibly made a sudden movement due to Houthi fire, ultimately causing the fighter jet to roll off it, according to a U.S. official, who cited initial field reports. The incident is still under investigation, but the aircraft carrier has previously been targeted by the Houthis.
Israeli forces have also conducted strikes on Yemen for the past two days, striking its main port on the Red Sea, two cement factories and the Sanaa airport.
The Israeli government said these strikes were in response to Houthi strikes on Israel on Sunday, and the Israel Defense Forces said it targeted Houthi infrastructure in Yemen in the strikes.
While Trump claimed the U.S. mission against the Houthis has been a "freedom of navigation" mission from the beginning, the conflict in the Red Sea between the Houthis and U.S.- and British-flagged vessels has been occurring since Oct. 8, 2023.
The Houthis said they would attack vessels connected to Israel's allies in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza after Israel launched a military operation against Gaza following the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
Since then, the Houthis have been targeting vessels they say are connected to Israel's allies in the Red Sea to various degrees of severity over the past 19 months. The U.S. ratcheted up the conflict three days before Israel ended the temporary ceasefire with Hamas, resuming military operations in Gaza on March 18. The U.S. launched its first strike against the Houthis on March 5.
When asked about the Houthi's continued threats against Israel, Trump claimed he didn't know about it.
"But I know one thing. They want nothing to do with us, and they've let that be known through all of their surrogates and very strongly," he said.
The Trump administration has spent weeks trying to save face over its own planning of attacks in Yemen after it was revealed that top national security members, including then-national security adviser Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, communicated plans about the impending attacks on Signal.
The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally invited to one of the Signal group chats and saw details about the planning.
Last week, TrumpannouncedWaltz would be leaving his Cabinet position and would be nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
