The US launched eight airstrikes on the outskirts of the northern Yemeni city of Saada and hit other sites in the Saada province on Monday night, “severely” injuring at least two people, Yemen’s SABA news agency has reported.
The strikes came a day after the US bombed a residential area of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, killing at least one person and wounding 13 others, according to Yemen’s Health Ministry.
Since unleashing massive airstrikes on Yemen on March 15, the US has continued daily bombings, and the Houthis have launched attacks against US warships and fired multiple missiles at Israel.
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, fired another missile at Israel on Monday, marking the sixth such attack within the past week. Israeli media reported the missile was intercepted, and shrapnel landed in the city of Beith Shemesh. No casualties were reported.
According to the Israeli news site Ynet, the US has asked Israel not to respond to the Houthis attacks and said that US forces will handle the retaliation. The Houthis have shown no sign of backing down in the face of US airstrikes, and their message has been that they will meet “escalation with escalation.”
The Houthis have maintained the only way to stop their attacks now would be a real ceasefire in Gaza and a lifting of Israel’s blockade.
The US began bombing Yemen again after the Houthis announced they would start targeting Israeli shipping again after Israel imposed a total blockade on food, fuel, and all other goods entering Gaza, a major violation of the ceasefire deal it signed in January.
The Houthis began launching missiles at Israeli territory in response to Israel restarting its genocidal war and unleashing massive airstrikes on Gaza.
The Houthis have controlled the Yemeni capital of Sanaa since 2014 and govern an area where 80% of Yemen’s population lives. A brutal US-backed Saudi-led war on Yemen failed to remove the Houthis from power, and it involved a blockade, an air campaign, and a ground campaign. Despite the group’s resilience, President Trump is threatening them with “annihilation.”
