Yemen's Hudaydah airport, others targeted in new US 'aggression'
The US military has attacked the airport in Hudaydah in the latest "American aggression" against Yemen since Washington announced heavy strikes on the impoverished country one week ago.
Yemen's al-Masirah TV said three airstrikes targeted the airport on the Red Sea coast Saturday night. Yemeni media outlets also reported US airstrikes on the port of Salif in Hudaydah province.
American warplanes further carried out five strikes on the Majzar district in Yemen's central province of Ma’rib.
Elsewhere in the northwestern province of Sa'ada, US forces launched airstrikes on the Sahar and Kitaf wa al-Boqe'e districts.
Between Wednesday and Friday, al-Masirah made similar announcements, after the United States Central Command on Wednesday confirmed “continuous operations” against Yemen.
On March 15, the United States announced a wave of airstrikes that Yemeni officials said killed 53 people.
The strikes, the first since President Donald Trump resumed office, came after Yemeni forces pledged to renew operations against Israeli shipping in solidarity with the Palestinians.
In a further escalation, the United States recently announced plans to deploy a second aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, to the region.
Yemen's Ansarullah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said Saturday night that while the US typically uses its aircraft carriers to project power and intimidate other nations, such assets have rather become “a burden and a danger” for Washington.
Yemeni forces have pledged to escalate attacks in support of Palestinians following Israel's renewal of attacks against the Gaza Strip, which began on Tuesday.
Early on Saturday, Yemen's military "targeted Ben Gurion airport" with a ballistic missile, calling it the third launch in two days. Israeli airspace will remain unsafe "until the aggression against Gaza stops", it said in a statement.
The Israeli military confirmed that a missile had set off air raid sirens in several areas across the occupied territories, but claimed to have intercepted it.
Yemeni forces began operations shortly after Israel launched its war on Gaza late 2023. They stopped targeting ships in January after a ceasefire was announced between Israel and Hamas, but the operations resumed last week after Israel cut off the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this month and broke the truce.
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