US strike is on same Yemeni port in Hodeidah that killed at least 80 people last month.The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV media outlet has reported that seven US strikes hit the Ras Isa oil port in al-Salif district in Hodeidah in the last few hours, where a US strike at the same port last month killed at least 80 people and wounded 150 in one of the deadliest attacks on the country byUS forces.
Earlier Friday, the Houthis claimed responsibility for launching two missiles towards northern Israel, targeting the Ramat David military airbase and the Tel Aviv area, as the group continues its military pressure in solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli fire.
The Israeli military said on Friday it intercepted the first missile and launched another interceptor at the second, which was also fired from Yemen.
Alarms were triggered in several locations, though authorities reported no casualties or damage. The military added that the outcome of the second interception was still under review.
Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the Houthis – also known as Ansar Allah – confirmed the group had carried a “military operation” against a key Israeli military target.
Saree said hypersonic missiles were used and had successfully hit their intended destination.
The Israeli army responded that “interception attempts were made” without providing further details.
The Houthi group has repeatedly said its attacks on Israel as well as United States and British ships in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb Strait will only cease if Israel agrees to a permanent Gaza truce.
The Houthis did not carry out attacks during the Gaza ceasefire earlier this year until Israel blocked all aid into the besieged enclave in early March and followed that with a full resumption of the war.
Growing civilian death toll
The attacks come as the US escalates its military operations in Yemen.
On Friday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth extended the USS Harry S Truman’s deployment in the Middle East for an additional week, ensuring two carrier strike groups remain operational in the region, a Pentagon official confirmed anonymously to The Associated Press news agency.
Since March, the US has launched large-scale attacks not only on infrastructure but increasingly on individuals linked to the Houthi leadership.
Civilian casualties are mounting, with UK-based monitor Airwars estimating between 27 and 55 civilians were killed in March alone, and suggesting April’s toll is even higher.
On Monday, at least 68 people were killed in the overnight strike on detained African migrants, and eight people were killed around the capital, Houthi media reported.
Rights advocates have been alarmed about the growing civilian death toll. Three US Democratic senators recently wrote to Hegseth, demanding an accounting of civilian lives lost.
“Strikes pose a growing risk to the civilian population in Yemen,” United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. “We continue to call on all parties to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians.”
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