CAIRO (AP) – The Houthi rebels of Yemen said on Saturday that the US military had launched a series of air strikes on the capital, Sanaa, and the coastal city of Hodeida, less than two days An American strike destroyed a wearing of the Red Sea and killed more than 70 people.
The Houthi media office said 13 US air strikes hit an airport and a port in Hodeida, on the Red Sea. The office also reported American strikes in the capital, Sanaa.
There was no immediate report of victims.
The central command of the American army, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East, said it continues to carry out strikes against Houthis in Yemen.
Thursday’s strike struck the port of Ras Isa, also in the province of Hodeida, killing 74 people and injuring 171 others, according to the Ministry of Health managed by the Houthi. It was the deadliest strike of the ongoing bombing campaign in the United States on the rebels supported by Iran.
The United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said on Saturday that he was “seriously concerned” by the attack on Ras Isa, as well as Houthi missiles and drone attacks against Israel and sea roads, spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said on Saturday.
“The secretary general remembers that international law, including international humanitarian law, if necessary, must be respected at any time, and he calls on everyone to respect and protect civilians as well as civil infrastructure,” said Dujarric.
The US central command refused to answer any questions about any civil losses. He referred to a statement in which he said: “This strike was not intended to harm the inhabitants of Yemen.”
Hodeida strikes were part of An American bombing campaign of one monthWho said the Trump administration The Houthis Attacks against the Red Sea expedition, a crucial world commercial route and on its close ally, Israel.
About 200 people have been killed in the American campaign since March 16, according to the Ministry of Health of Houthis.
