Militia Houthi in Yemen committed herself after rewarding President Trump Ordered extensive military strikes On the targets controlled by a group that is said to have killed at least 31 people.
The group supported by Iran said that women and children were among those killed on Saturdays, the most important US military event in the Middle East since Mr. Trump took the office in January.
For more than a year, Houthis They launched attacks against Israel and threatened commercial transport in the Red Sea in Solidarity with their allies Hamas, which led on October 7, 2023, an attack on Israel, which triggered a war in Gaza.
According to Houthi media channels, who from Houth-Run Media Channels, American air strikes focused on the areas controlled by Houthi throughout Yemen, including the capital, Sana and Saada, Al-Bayda, Hajjah and Dhamar. The strikes killed at least 31 people and injured 101, “most of them were children and women”. said Anis al-Asbahispokesman of the Ministry of Health Houthi.
The victim’s data could not be independently verified and the United States did not introduce any estimates for the number of killed or injured people in strokes.
American central command that posted a video From the bomb, the balanced building in Yemen said that the United States used accurate strikes to “prevent American interests, discourage enemies and restore the freedom of navigation”.
American strikes also focused on energy facilities in the northwestern city of Dahyan in the province of Saada, which caused night outages of electricity, the inhabitants said.
The Houth-Run al-Masirah TV channel said 13 people were killed and nine other injured air strikes on Al-Jef, the district in the sled considered the fortress of the group. In the province of Saada, 10 people were killed in the northwest, including four children, when two buildings hit, the report said.
The inhabitants in the sled shared images and videos on social media that show broken windows and fiery balls rising from the affected sites. Others published anxiety reports when they hit air strikes.
Abdul Rahman al-Naurah, resident of Sany, said the explosions broke the windows of their home and scared their four children. “I immediately hugged them and comforted,” Mr. Al-Naurah said by phone. “Children and mothers are afraid and are still in shock.”
Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, head of Houthi, promised retaliation against the United States and described the strikes unauthorized. “We will respond to escalation of escalations,” he Written on the social media platform x.
The Houth Rebels who control most of the northern Yemen had temporarily stopped attacks in the Red Sea When she entered Gaza in Gaza in Gaza in January. Last week, however, they announced that they would focus on all Israeli ships that violate their ban on Israeli vessels passing through the Red Sea, the Arab Sea, Bab-El-Mandeb and Aden.
Bab El-Mandeb is a strait between the African corner and the Middle East, which connects the Red Sea with the Gulf, which opens into the Arab Sea and the Indian Ocean.
In his statement of his truth, Mr. Trump said that the strikes were also intended as a warning to Iran, the main supporter of Houthis.
“Support for Houthi terrorists must end immediately!” wrote. Iran also warned against the United States threat, and said, “America will be fully responsible and we will not be nice of it!”
Days after joining the office, Mr. Trump issued executive order Restoring Houthis “Foreign Terrorist Organization” and marking a group by a threat to regional security.
The order restored the designation given to the group late in the first Trump administration. The Biden administration canceled the designation shortly after boarding, partly to facilitate peace interviews in Yemen’s Civil War.
Last year the Biden Administration marked Houthis and “A specially designed global terrorist” Group – less serious category – in response to attacks against vessels in the Red Sea.
