SANAA – The death toll from overnight U.S. airstrikes on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah has risen to eight, including a pregnant woman, with 16 others injured, local health authorities said in a statement early Wednesday.
The majority of the victims were women and children, according to the statement.
The tragedy occurred when U.S. military warplanes struck homes in the Amin Muqbil residential neighborhood late Tuesday night, according to health authorities and local residents, who also shared video footage on social media following the airstrikes.
These strikes on Hodeidah were part of a broader series of 50 U.S. airstrikes across northern Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and the provinces of Amran, Dhamar and Ibb, as reported by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. The strikes specifically targeted telephone network facilities in Amran and Ibb, residents from those areas said.
This marks the latest round of U.S. airstrikes since March 15, when the U.S. resumed attacks aimed at deterring the Houthi group from targeting Israel following the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
In a similar attack on Sunday night, U.S. airstrikes hit a house in Sanaa, killing four children and injuring 25 others, with several nearby buildings also damaged.
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