Yemeni media reported more US airstrikes on northern Yemen’s Saada on Tuesday night as the US continues its daily bombing campaign on the country.
A local official told the Yemeni news agency SABA that two US airstrikes targeted the Sahar district in Saada. Early Wednesday morning Yemen time, Al Masirah TV reported three more US strikes in the same area.
Yemen’s Health Ministry also released a statement that said recent US airstrikes that targeted Saada hit a cancer hospital for the second time, injuring two people.
The US has launched dozens of airstrikes on Yemen since March 15, which has provoked multiple Houthi attacks on US warships in the region. The Yemen Data Project released a report on Tuesday that said US airstrikes on Yemen from March 15 to March 21 killed at least 25 civilians.
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have also been launching missile attacks on Israel in response to Israel restarting large-scale airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. 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 Trump administration 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 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 from 2015 to 2022 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 the Houthis with “annihilation.”
