At least 53 people were killed and 98 were injured after the US launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen on Saturday, according to the Houthi Health Ministry.
President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes in areas owned by Hooty in Yemen on Saturday, saying he had pledged to use “overwhelming deadly force” until rebels cease to attack shipments along key maritime corridors.
The Houthis, an Iran-backed militia that took over parts of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, launched missiles and drones and began pursuing other attacks on shipments in response to the war in Gaza.
The group reported an explosion Saturday evening at Sada and Sada, the bases of Hooti near the Saudi border.
Video broadcast on Yemeni television and issued by the Associated Press showed enormous destruction as bulldozers moved the tiled rubber and an ambulance arrived at the scene of the wreckage, searching for people looking for survivors.
The photo shows black smoke rising above the Sanaa airport complex, including military facilities. Strikes have also been reported in Hodeida, Beida and Malibu.
The attack came days after the Houtis said it would resume attacks on Israeli vessels and resume attacks on Enrael in response to Israel’s latest blockade in Gaza. No attacks have been reported since this threat was put into effect.
Hotelhis spokesman Nasr El-Din Amer told NBC News on Sunday that most of the victims of the airstrike were women and children, and that NBC News has not independently verified it.
Amer said Houthis will continue its operation “until the Gaza blockade is lifted.”
“We will respond to further escalations of recent escalations,” he said. “We will not be late in responding.”
Trump has also warned Iran to halt support rebel groups and has pledged to retain a country “fully accountable” for the actions of the Proxy Houthi Group. Tehran supports Housis with money, training and equipment.
In a statement to Iranian national media, Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Iran “reacts decisively and destructively” to enemies threatening the threat.
However, Salami also distanced Iran from the Houtis and emphasized that the group had independently made strategic decisions.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has not played a role in shaping the national or operational policies of the front-line group of resistance,” he said.
A flow of $1 trillion in goods passes through the Red Sea every year.
During the campaign to target more than 100 merchant ships with missiles and drones, sinking two ships and killing four sailors during the start of Israeli war in Gaza in January this year, when the current ceasefire was in effect, Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant ships with missiles and drones, during which the ceasefire was in effect in late 2023.
Some shippers responded to the attack late last year by halting services in the area.
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio redesigned the Housis as a foreign terrorist organization. The designation had expressed concern that Joe Biden’s Democratic administration would seriously affect the provision of aid to Yemen.
