US air strikes on Yemen kill 12, Houthis say | Israel-Palestine battle Information

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump’s administration introduced a serious navy offensive in opposition to the insurgent group in March.

Twelve folks have been killed and 30 others injured in air strikes performed by the US on Yemen’s capital, the Houthi rebels have stated.

The strikes hit Sanaa’s Attan, which has been managed by the insurgent motion since 2014, and a sanitation challenge within the Asir space, Houthi media stated on Sunday.

The strikes additionally hit the Furwah neighbourhood and a preferred market within the Shoub district, in keeping with Houthi media.

The US Central Command didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.

The strikes got here a day after the US launched 13 strikes on Hodeidah’s port and airport, and three days after its deadliest assault up to now focused the Ras Isa port, additionally in Hodeidah, killing at the very least 80 folks and wounding greater than 150.

Houthi-held areas in Yemen have been subjected to near-daily air strikes by Washington.

Greater than 200 folks have been killed since US President Donald Trump’s administration introduced a serious navy offensive in opposition to the Houthis in March.

The Trump administration has stated the strikes are aimed toward forcing the group to cease threatening ships within the Crimson Sea, a serious conduit for worldwide commerce.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have reportedly launched greater than 100 assaults on vessels they are saying are linked to Israel, in response to Israel’s war on Gaza and in solidarity with Palestinians.

Houthi assaults have paralysed delivery by the Suez Canal, an important waterway by which roughly 12 p.c of worldwide delivery visitors usually passes, forcing many firms to resort to expensive various routes across the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

The Houthis halted assaults on delivery lanes throughout a two-month ceasefire in Gaza earlier this 12 months. However they pledged to renew strikes after Israel renewed its assault on the besieged enclave final month.

The Houthis, also called Ansar Allah or “supporters of God”, emerged within the Nineteen Nineties however rose to prominence in 2014 after they seized Sanaa and compelled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to flee the nation.