Houthi media reports fresh wave of US strikes on Yemen’s capital

Houthi media reports that new US strikes have hit the rebel-held capital Sanaa, after earlier reporting 19 American raids elsewhere in Yemen.

“A series of strikes by the US aggression have hit the south and north of the capital,” the Al-Masirah channel says, without providing further details.

The station earlier reported 17 raids by the United States “on the Saada governorate,” on top of two more on Amran.

The Iran-backed rebels’ news agency, Saba, says, “the American aggression targeted the Oncology Hospital building in Saada.”

The hospital, which Houthi media says is under construction, was also hit last week.

The rebel health ministry says two civilians were wounded in the latest hospital strike, which they describe as “a full-fledged war crime.”

Washington announced a military offensive against the Houthis on March 15, promising to use overwhelming force until the group stopped firing on vessels in the key shipping routes of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

That day saw a wave of US airstrikes that officials said killed senior Houthi leaders, and which the rebels’ health ministry said killed 53 people.

Since then, Houthi-held parts of Yemen have witnessed near-daily attacks that the group has blamed on the US.