US airstrikes on a ceramic factory in Yemen’s Sanaa province have killed at least six people, Yemen’s SABA news agency has reported, citing the Yemeni Health Ministry.
SABA initially reported that three airstrikes hit the factory on Sunday night. Dr. Anis al-Asbahi, spokesman for the Yemeni Health Ministry, wrote on X early Monday morning Yemen time that at least six people were killed and 30 were wounded.
According to a Google translation of Asbahi’s post, which was written in Arabic, he said Yemen’s Health Ministry “condemns and denounces in the strongest terms the blatant American aggression against our country, Yemen, and its targeting with direct bombing of civilian objects and civilians.”
Asbahi said most of the victims of the strike were “civilians working in the factory, the houses and the farm next to it. Among the wounded were five children and a woman.”
Asbahi continued, “This crime is added to the criminal record of the American-Zionist enemy. It is a full-fledged war crime and a flagrant violation of all international laws and conventions.”
Two US airstrikes were also reported in the al-Jawf province on Sunday night. Since March 15, US airstrikes have pounded Houthi-controlled Yemen, which is where 80% of Yemenis live, on a daily basis.
The US airstrikes have failed to deter the Houthis, who have been firing missiles at Israel, shooting down US drones, and launching attacks on US warships. The US military has offered virtually no details about the Houthi attacks on US naval assets or about its airstrikes in Yemen.
