At least 14 people have been killed and around 30 injured in recent hours as a result of fresh airstrikes by US and UK aircraft against Houthi rebel positions in Yemen.
According to Al Massira TVA spokesman for the rebel movement that controls Sana’a said “strong Western bombardment” had hit many parts of Yemen, causing casualties.
According to the same station, the port city of Al Hodeidah and the Red Sea port of Al Salif were hit. Both of these coastal points are used by Houthi forces to attack international merchant ships.
Reuters writes that U.S. and British military personnel confirmed they carried out strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday as part of efforts to prevent the militant group from further disrupting shipping in the Red Sea.
American and British forces, US Central Command said in a statement It hit 13 targets in Houthi-held areas of Yemen.
This was announced by the British Ministry of Defense The joint operation targeted three locations in the port city of HodeidahIn the Red Sea, according to him, there were drones and ground and air weapons.
“As always, great care was taken in planning attacks to minimize any risk to civilians or non-military infrastructure.”The British Ministry of Defense said in a statement cited by Reuters.
“Conducting attacks during the hours of darkness should have further mitigated these risks,” he added.
Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdelsalam said The attacks are a “brutal aggression” against Yemen as “punishment” for its stance in favor of Gaza.
