U.S. airstrikes concentrating on Yemen’s capital killed not less than eight folks in a single day, the Houthi rebels stated Monday (April 28, 2025), because the American navy acknowledged finishing up over 800 particular person strikes in their monthlong marketing campaign.
The in a single day assertion from the U.S. navy’s Central Command additionally stated its “Operation Roughrider” concentrating on the rebels had “killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders,” together with these related to its missile and drone program. It didn’t determine any of these officers.
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The U.S. insisted it will proceed to hold out its airstrikes, which started March 15 below U.S. President Donald Trump as he seeks a cope with Iran over its quickly advancing nuclear programme.
“Iran undoubtedly continues to provide support to the Houthis,” the assertion stated. “The Houthis can only continue to attack our forces with the backing of the Iranian regime.”
It added: “We will continue to ratchet up the pressure until the objective is met, which remains the restoration of freedom of navigation and American deterrence in the region.”
The U.S. is concentrating on the Houthis due to the group’s assaults on transport in the Red Sea, a vital international commerce route, and on Israel. The Houthis are also the final militant group in Iran’s self-described “Axis of Resistance” that’s able to repeatedly attacking Israel.
Early Monday (April 28, 2025), the Houthis aired footage of what it described as a U.S. strike concentrating on the Bani Al Harith District north of Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa. Blood stains might be seen among the many rubble and a broken truck.
The Houths’ al-Masirah satellite tv for pc information channel reported that eight folks had been killed in the strike, one thing not instantly acknowledged by Health Ministry officers.
Strikes additionally hit Yemen’s Amran and Saada governorates throughout the night time, the Houthis added. Two others had been killed on Sunday (April 27, 2025), the Houthis stated.
Assessing the toll of the month-old US airstrike marketing campaign has been troublesome as a result of the navy hasn’t launched particular details about the assaults, together with what was focused and the way many individuals had been killed.
The Houthis, in the meantime, strictly management entry to attacked areas and do not publish full data on the strikes, lots of which doubtless have focused navy and safety websites. Funeral notices counsel high-ranking Houthis have been killed in the American assaults.
“To preserve operational security, we have intentionally limited disclosing details of our ongoing or future operations,” Central Command stated Monday (April 28, 2025). “We are very deliberate in our operational approach, but will not reveal specifics about what we’ve done or what we will do.”
But the navy hasn’t acknowledged strikes killing civilians — one thing activists warn doubtless has occurred in the extraordinary marketing campaign.
Published – April 28, 2025 11:32 am IST
