Yemen’s Houthis say 16 people killed in US airstrikes
Strikes targeted areas in Hodeida and Sanaa, says Houthi-run Al-Masirah television network
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ISTANBUL
Yemen’s Houthi group said Wednesday that at least 16 people were killed in US airstrikes.
The Houthi-run Al-Masirah television network reported that the strikes targeted areas of Hodeida and the capital Sanaa.
A strike hit al-Hawak district in Hodeida, killing 13 people, most of them women and children, according to the report.
In Sanaa, multiple airstrikes targeted the Rajam area in Bani Hushaysh district and al-Nahdayn area in Al-Sabeen district, killing three people.
Last month, US President Donald Trump said he had ordered "decisive and powerful military action" against the Houthis and later threatened to "completely annihilate them."
The Houthis have targeted ships passing through the Red and Arabian seas, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has killed more than 50,000 people.
The group halted attacks when a ceasefire in Gaza was declared in January between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas but resumed them after renewed Israeli airstrikes on the enclave last month.
