A suspected airstrike by the US pounded Yemen overnight into Saturday, killing at least one person, according to reports.
The attacks targeted multiple areas under the control of the Iranian-backed Houthis, including the capital, Sanaa, and the governorates of al-Jawf and Saada, according to news agency SABA run by the recently-designated terror group.
A civilian was reportedly killed and four others wounded in the Saada attack, according to SABA.
But Houthi fighters and their allies don’t wear uniforms and the government is known to undercount its fatalities since US strikes have been targeting rebel-run military sites.
The full scope of the damage and casualties remains unclear.
The US has yet to confirm the strike.
The overnight launch comes just one night after a confirmed US attack that targeted the Houthis’ general command headquarters, which marked an escalation in the campaign.
The US military released video of the strike.
Later Friday, the Houthi-controlled Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry in Sanaa separately said the strike destroyed “broadcasting stations, communication towers and the messaging network” in Amran and Saada governorates.
The Houthis claim 58 people have been killed since March 15, when the US began its airstrike campaign in response to rebels threatening to target “Israeli” ships over Israel blocking aid entering the Gaza Strip.
The Houthis have attacked Israel and US-affiliated ships since November 2023 in solidarity with Hamas, with the strikes targeting the Red Sea, which serves as a key trade route between Asia and Europe.
The Houthis have vowed to ramp up their attacks on not just Israel but also US ships following the American airstrikes in Yemen earlier this month — which have been at the center of the so-called “SignalGate” scandal.
The incident saw several top Trump administration officials discuss the March 15 strike on Yemen on the commercial messaging app Signal, in which they mistakenly added Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic.
With Post wires
