US-British strikes in Yemen killed 14 people, according to Houthi Al-Masirah television. (AFP/Handout/US Central Command)
The
Houthi’s Al-Masirah television said on Friday that 14 people have been killed
and over 30 wounded in US and British strikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah province.
The
outlet reported that the strikes targeted a radio building in Hodeidah’s
Al-Hawk district and port of Salif.
The
US and British militaries said they launched strikes against Houthi targets in
Yemen on Thursday as part of efforts to deter the militant group from further
disrupting shipping in the Red Sea.
The
US Central Command said in a statement that US and British forces had hit 13
targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
The
British defence ministry said the joint operation targeted three locations in
the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, which it said housed drones and
surface-to-air weapons.
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“As
ever, the utmost care was taken in planning the strikes to minimise any risk to
civilians or non-military infrastructure,” the British defence ministry
said in a statement.
“Conducting
the strikes in the hours of darkness should also have mitigated yet further any
such risks.”
The
Houthis, who control Yemen’s capital and most populous areas, have attacked
international shipping in the Red Sea since November in solidarity with the
Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas militants, drawing US and
British retaliatory strikes since February.
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