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The Houthis described the strike as hitting the Farwa
neighborhood market in Sanaa’s Shuub district. That area has
been targeted before by the Americans.
Footage aired by the Houthis' al-Masirah satellite news channel
showed damage to vehicles and buildings in the area, with
screaming onlookers holding what appeared to be a dead child.
Others wailed on stretchers heading into a hospital
Strikes overnight into Monday also hit other areas of the
country, including Yemen's Amran, Hodeida, Marib and Saada
governorates.
The strikes come after U.S. airstrikes hit the Ras Isa fuel port
in Yemen last week, killing at least 74 people and wounding 171
others.
The strikes follow the resumption of negotiations in Rome
between the U.S. and Iran over Tehran’s rapidly advancing
nuclear program, which Washington has linked to its attacks in
Yemen.
The U.S. is targeting the Houthis because of the group’s attacks
on shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route, and on
Israel. The Houthis are the last militant group in Iran’s
self-described “Axis of Resistance” that is capable of regularly
attacking Israel.
The new U.S. operation against the Houthis under Trump appears
more extensive than attacks on the group were under President
Joe Biden, an AP review found. The new campaign started after
the rebels threatened to begin targeting “Israeli” ships again
over Israel blocking aid from entering the Gaza Strip.
From November 2023 until this January, the Houthis targeted more
than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two
of them and killing four sailors. That has greatly reduced the
flow of trade through the Red Sea corridor, which typically sees
$1 trillion of goods move through it. The Houthis also launched
attacks targeting American warships without success.
Assessing the toll of the month-old U.S. airstrike campaign has
been difficult because the military hasn’t released information
about the attacks, including what was targeted and how many
people were killed. The Houthis, meanwhile, strictly control
access to attacked areas and don’t publish complete information
on the strikes, many of which likely have targeted military and
security sites.
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