The Houthis, Iran -backed rebel group, said US air attacks against Yemen are “crimes of wars.”
“Our Yemeni Armed Forces are fully prepared to respond to climbing with climbing,” said a statement.
Residents in the capital Sanaa reported that the attacks hit a building in a Humacy stronghold.
“The explosions were violent and shook the neighborhood as an earthquake. They terrified our women and children, ”said one of the residents, who identified himself as Abdullah Yahia, to Reuters.
Civil deaths
At least 13 civilians were killed and nine were injured in the capital Sanaa, according to the Ministry of Health managed by the Houthis.
Another six, including four children and one woman, were killed and 11 were injured in a US attack on Saada province in the north, Al-Masirah TV, administered by the Houthis.
Trump announces attack against Houthis
The attacks ordered by US President Donald Trump occurred a few days after the Houthis announced plans to resume attacks on Israel’s ships in the Red and Arabic seas, the Bab Al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden, ending a period of relative calm started in January with the ceasefire in Gaza.
Trump had warned the Houthis that “hell will fall upon you” if they kept attacking commercial vessels and US war ships.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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