ANKARA: At least 16 Yemenis were killed and several others injured as a result of the US and British strikes on Hodeidah city in western Yemen, the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV claimed on Friday.
Al Masirah report added that 35 others were wounded as a result of the American and British raids on the Hodeidah governorate on Thursday night.
Meanwhile, the group’s leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stated: ‘This brutal aggression against Yemen is a punishment for its support of Gaza.’
On Thursday, the US and British forces conducted strikes against 13 Houthi targets in Yemen “in self-defense,” according to the United States Central Command (CENTCOM).
Yemen’s Houthi group has been targeting Israeli-linked cargo ships in the Red Sea in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been under an Israeli onslaught since Oct. 7 last year.
The Red Sea is one of the world’s most frequently used sea routes for oil shipments.
Earlier this year, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a multinational mission, Operation Prospe
rity Guardian, to counter Houthi attacks.
* Writing by Ikram Kouachi
Source: Anadolu Agency