Yemeni media reported Tuesday that a joint US-British airstrike struck near a school in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen’s Taiz province, killing two female students and wounding nine more.
So far, the US military has not claimed any strikes in Yemen on Tuesday. A day earlier, US Central Command said it struck Yemen and claimed it destroyed two Houthi “missile systems and one support vehicle.”
The US has kept up a heavy bombing campaign in Yemen since January, which has only escalated the situation in the Red Sea. Yemeni media typically reports all the US attacks as joint US-British strikes since the UK has joined several of the bombings, but the majority of the strikes have been launched unilaterally by the US.
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, strongly condemned the strike in Taiz. “Targeting civilians and educational facilities is a dangerous escalation that reflects the American and British frustration due to their failure to protect Israeli navigation in the Red Sea,” said Houthi official Mohammed Abdul Salam.
Al Mayadeen, a Lebanese outlet with reporters in Yemen, said one of its correspondents confirmed the strike killed two girls. The report said the school was hit by two missiles.
