Yemen: Eight dead in the US air strike on Port City

Sana, April 9 (IANS). The death toll increased to eight overnight in the US air strikes at the Red Sea Port of Yemen Hoddah in Yemen. Those who have lost their lives are a pregnant woman, while 16 others are injured. Local health officials gave this information in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, most dead were women and children. According to health officials and locals, the tragedy took place when American war aircraft attacked homes in Amin Mukil late Tuesday night. He also shared video footage on social media after air strikes. These attacks on Hedeedah were part of a large series of 50 US air strikes in the northern Yemen. This includes the provinces of the capital Sana and Amran, Dhamar and IBB, as indicated by Al-Masira TV operated by Huti. Residents said these attacks have specially targeted telephone network facilities in Amran and IB. “This has been a recent phase of US air strikes since March 15, when the US began attacking with the goal of preventing the Huti group from targeting Israel after the Gaza Army Agreement was broken,” Shinhua news agency said. On Sunday night, similar US air strikes targeted a home in Sana, killed four children and injured 25 others, as well as several buildings in the area. Earlier in the day, the huts of Yemen said they had killed another US MQ-9 drone, who is 18th since the War in Gaza. Group spokeswoman Yahya Saria said in a television statement broadcast by Al-Masira TV, operated by Huti, our air defense powers killed an American MQ-9 drone in the airspace of the Al-Jauf Province using locally manufactured surface-to-air missiles. This is the 18th American drone since October 2023.

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