Three children wounded in US attacks on Yemen
Here’s more on the US attack the Houthis say killed one person in Yemen on Sunday.
Houthi Health Ministry spokesperson Anees Alasbahi said in a statement that the casualties included several children.
“A citizen was killed and 13 others were injured including three children in the final toll of the US aggression on a residential building in the Aser area” in Sanaa, Alasbahi said, according to AFP.
The US attacks have since killed at least 53 people in Yemen.
A Yemeni man walks through debris from a destroyed building after it was hit by US air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday morning
US continues bombing Yemen
The Saba news agency and the Houthi affiliated Al Masirah TV are reporting renewed attacks on Yemen. They say US forces launched two raids on the districts of Sahar and Saqin in the province of Saada.
There was no immediate report of casualties.
The US’s Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed continuing attacks on Yemen in a post on X. It published a video of fighter jets taking off from a runway and said, “Restoring freedom of navigation #HouthisAreTerrorists”.
The US began attacking Yemen on March 15 after the Houthi rebel group threatened to resume attacks on ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea. The threat came in response to Israel’s punishing blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Restoring freedom of navigation#HouthisAreTerrorists pic.twitter.com/lq6oU0rE6o
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 23, 2025
Houthi-backed government accuses US of ‘taking lives of defenceless civilians’ in Yemen
The Houthi-backed government has dismissed the US claims it is targeting military sites in Yemen as a “complete lie and slander”.
The statement came after a US attack on the capital, Sanaa, killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others.
The government said: “The pictures, scenes, evidence, types of victims, and testimonies of survivors from the targeted sites confirm that it is targeting residential neighbourhoods and innocent civilians, and provide conclusive evidence that the US is deliberately taking the lives of defenceless civilians and destroying the capabilities of our people.”
It said the attacks will not deter Yemen from supporting Palestinians in Gaza and that the country will also support Lebanon and Hezbollah, if necessary.
