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Saturday, March 29, 2025
Fresh US strikes on Houthi targets reported in Yemen
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At least one person was killed in a fresh wave of suspected US airstrikes on Yemen overnight, reports say.
The full extent of the damage and possible casualties isn’t immediately clear.
The strikes targeted multiple areas in Yemen under the control of the Iranian-backed Houthis, including the capital, Sanaa, and in the governorates of al-Jawf and Saada, rebel-controlled media reports. The strikes in Saada killed one person and wounded four others, the Houthi-run SABA news agency says.
SABA identifies the person killed as a civilian. Houthi fighters and their allies often aren’t in uniform. However, analysts believe the rebels may be undercounting the fatalities given the strikes have been targeting military and intelligence sites run by the rebels. Many of the strikes haven’t been fully acknowledged by the Houthis — or the US military — while the rebels also tightly control access on the ground.
Suspected US airstrikes had pummeled sites across Yemen controlled by the Houthis early Friday, including neighborhoods in the capital, Sanaa. The number of strikes appeared particularly intense compared to other days in the campaign that began on March 15.
CENTCOM Forces Attack Houthi Positions…#HouthisAreTerrorists pic.twitter.com/6pOZhOmTp6
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 28, 2025
The US has continued to step up its bombing campaign against the Yemeni rebels, which resumed earlier this month after the group threatened to continue its attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping.
The Houthis began attacking in November 2023, a month after fellow Iran-backed group Hamas stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages, sparking the war in Gaza.
While the Houthis have said they were attacking Israeli-linked shipping in support of Gaza, they have also targeted vessels with no known Israeli connections.
The Houthis — whose slogan is “Death to America, death to Israel, a curse upon the Jews” — paused their attacks after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire and hostage deal in January.
The strikes come amid a scandal after it was revealed that information on US airstrikes were leaked by senior US officials in a group chat that accidentally included a journalist. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the strikes were based on Israeli intelligence drawn from a human source in Yemen.
The Times of Israel Community.