53 killed in US airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis

Sanaa: The Houthi-run Health Ministry has said that the overnight US strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children, and wounded more than 100 people in Yemeni state capital Sanaa, media reported.

The US has escalated its strikes against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, with President Donald Trump vowing on Saturday to use ‘overwhelming lethal force’ against the rebels who have attacked international ships in the Red Sea in ‘solidarity’ with Gaza.

Multiple US strikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa and other areas have resulted in numerous casualties with the militants also vowing escalation as they face one of the most extensive attacks since the war in Gaza began in October 2023

The US conducted overnight airstrikes on multiple targets in Yemen starting around midnight on Sunday, targeting the capital Sanaa, and other places, including the Houthi stronghold province of Sadaa.

Trump said that the Houthis must stop their attacks on international ships in the Red Sea, one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. If they don’t, the US President vowed that ‘hell will rain down’ on them like ‘nothing you have seen before’.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS News on Sunday that the strikes will continue until the Iran-backed militants ‘no longer have the capability’ to attack international ships.

The Houthis have been repeatedly targeting international shipping in the Red Sea, sinking two vessels, in what they call acts of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel has been at war with Hamas, another Iranian ally. (IANS)

Also Read: Zelensky appoints new Army Chief of Staff

Also Watch: