US Airstrikes Killed at Least 53 People in Yemen's Capital Sanaa, Houthi-run Health Ministry Says

The Houthi-run Health Ministry has said that the overnight US strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children

The Houthi-run Health Ministry said on Sunday that the overnight US strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children, and wounded more than 100 people in Yemeni state capital Sanaa, Sanaa-based Saba news agency reported.

The US has escalated its strikes against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis after President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to use ‘overwhelming lethal force’ against the rebels who have attacked international ships in the Red Sea in ‘solidarity’ with Gaza.

Multiple US strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa and other areas have resulted in numerous casualties with the militants also vowing escalation as they face one of the most extensive attacks since the war in Gaza began in October 2023

The US conducted strikes on Sunday starting around midnight local time on multiple targets in Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, and the Houthi stronghold province of Sadaa.

Earlier, President Trump said that the Houthis must stop their attacks on international ships in the Red Sea, one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. If they don't, the US President vowed that 'hell will rain down' on them like 'nothing you have seen before'.

The strikes will continue until the Iran-backed militants 'no longer have the capability' to attack international ships, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS News on Sunday.

The Houthis have been repeatedly targeting international shipping in the Red Sea, sinking two vessels, in what they call acts of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel has been at war with Hamas, another Iranian ally.

Rubio said that over the past 18 months, the Houthis had attacked the US Navy "directly" 174 times and targeted commercial shipping 145 times using "guided precision anti-ship weaponry".

The attacks had stopped since the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect in January.

Last week, the Houthis said they would renew attacks against Israeli vessels after Israel cut off the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza this month. But no ship has reported any attacks since then.

Donald Trump's National Security Adviser, Michael Waltz, on Sunday, told ABC News that the strikes "actually targeted multiple Houthi leaders and took them out". He didn't identify them or give evidence.

According to Marco Rubio, some Houthi facilities had been destroyed.

The Houthi political bureau in a statement carried by the movement’s al-Masirah TV said on Sunday that the rebels will respond to the US strikes and "meet escalation with escalation".

The militants claimed to have targeted the USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group with missiles and a drone, news outlet Al Arabiya reported.

The statement comes after the US military said that the carrier group and other vessels in the region had been attacked by drones and missiles.

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米軍は、掃射部隊が約12時間にわたって11機の無人機と少なくとも1個の巡航ミサイルを発射し始めたと推測している。最初の攻撃は、発生源が明らかでないが、建物が破壊されたシーンを撮影した動画がソーシャルメディアで共有された、朝食前に発生した。

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ハンターキラー部隊は、掃射部隊が約12時間にわたって11個の無人機部隊と少なくとも1個の巡航ミサイル部隊を発射し始めたと推測している。最初の攻撃は、発生源が明らかでないが、建物が破壊されたシーンを撮影した動画がソーシャルメディアで共有された、朝食前に発生した。

ハンターキラー部隊は、朝8時頃に発生した攻撃で、無人機部隊が沿岸近くの小型船舶を攻撃している最中に、無人機部隊がハンターキラー部隊を掃射している最中に捉えられたと推operable.