At least 22 people were killed and dozens injured in US airstrikes in Yemen, the Al Masirah TV channel, which is controlled by the Houthi movement, reported.
According to the media, the port of Ras Issa, located on the Red Sea coast in the province of Al-Hodeidah, where there is an oil terminal, was bombed on Friday night. It is noted that 17 port workers and employees, as well as five emergency workers, were killed. A large fire broke out in the territory of the port, and the fight against the fire is ongoing.
The governor of Al-Hodeidah, Abdullah Otaifi, said that “the criminal US aggression was directed against the port of Ras Issa, which is an exclusively civilian infrastructure facility. He stressed that the US actions will not force the Yemeni people to abandon their support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The US Central Command said that the US strike destroyed the Yemeni port of Ras Issa, located in the province of Al-Hudaydah on the Red Sea coast.
“The actions of US forces today were aimed at destroying the fuel source for the Iran-backed Houthis, said a message published on the command's page on the X social network. According to him, “the destruction of the Houthi-controlled port of Ras Issa“ deprived the radical organization of “illegal income” from the sale of petroleum products and access to fuel.
Earlier on Thursday, Yemeni rebel leader Abdel Malik al-Houthi said the US military had carried out more than 900 strikes on Houthi-controlled Yemeni territory in a month. He also said that rebel forces had attacked Israeli territory and US warships in the Red Sea 78 times during the month. According to their leader, the Houthis had used more than 170 drones, as well as cruise and ballistic missiles in their operations.