The number of deaths from US strikes in Yemen increased to 53, including five children, the Houthho rebel Ministry said.
Now he said he started “decisive and powerful” Wave of air strikes On Houth goals on Saturday, with President Donald Trump cited Houthhi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea as a reason.
Washington said some key Houthhi were the figures among the dead, but the group did not confirm it.
Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthhi said his militants would target US ships to the Red Sea until now they continue attacks on Yemen.
Updating the earlier number of deaths, a spokesman for the Houthhi Al-Asbahi Ministry spokesman announced on X that 53 people had been killed, including “five children and two women”, and that 98 people were wounded.
One father of two children, who gave his name as Ahmed, told the AFP news agency: “I have been living in Sani for 10 years, heard shelling during the war. God, I have never experienced anything like that before.”
US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz said ABC News that Saturday strikes “targeting several Houthhi leaders and performed them.”
Said Fox News: “We just hit them with an irresistible force and noticed Iran that it was enough.”
US Defense Minister Pete Hegsetth vowed for a “relentless” rocket campaign until Houthi attacks stopped.
“I want to be very clear, this campaign talks about the freedom of navigation and returning distractions,” Hegsetth said in a television interview with Fox.
Houthis said he would continue to target the Red Sea delivery until Israel raised his gauze blockade and that his forces would respond to strikes.
The Iranian rebel group, which Israel considers its enemy, controls Sana and northwest of Yemen, but this is not an internationally recognized government government.
Houthis said they were acting in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and claimed – often false – to target ships connected only to Israel, USA or the UK.
Since November 2023, Houthis have been aiming for dozens of merchant vessels with missiles, drones and small attacks of a ship in the Red Sea and the Bay of Aden. They sank two vessels, seized a third and killed four crew members.
Announcement of Saturday’s strikes, Trump said, “We will use an irresistible deadly force until we reach our goal.”
“Funded by Iran, Houthi Thugs fired rockets on US aircraft and aimed at our troops and allies,” Trump said on social media, adding that their “piracy, violence and terrorism” cost “billions” and at risk.
Speaking directly, Trump wrote that if they didn’t stop, “hell will fall on you like nothing you have ever seen before.”
But Houthi were unwavering in their response, saying that aggression would not diminish their support to the Palestinians.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the US government “has no authority or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy.”
“The ultimate support for Israeli genocide and terrorism,” he announced on Sunday on X. “Stop killing Yemeni people.”
Houthis’ spokesman said on Sunday, not providing evidence, that a group of USS Harry S. Truman aircraft and his warships in the Red Sea with ballistic rockets and drones in response to attacks in the USA was aimed at the group of USS Harry S. Truman aircraft.
But the US official told Reuters news agency that US war planes broke 11 drones on Sunday, none of which was near Truman.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for the “greatest restraint and cessation of all military activities” in Yemen.
