Yemen's Houthi rebels said Saturday that the US military launched a series of airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, and the Houthi-held coastal city of Hodeida, less than two days after a US strike wrecked a Red Sea port and killed more than 70 people. The Houthis' media office said 13 US airstrikes hit an airport and a port in Hodeida, on the Red Sea. The office also reported strikes in the capital, Sanaa. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The US military's Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, referred to a statement in which it said "this strike was not intended to harm the people of Yemen," the AP reports.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday said he was "gravely concerned" about the Thursday attack on Ras Isa, as well as the Houthis' missile and drone attacks on Israel and the shipping routes, his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said. "The secretary-general recalls that international law, including international humanitarian law as applicable, must be respected at all times, and he appeals to all to respect and protect civilians as well as civilian infrastructure," Dujarric said.
The strikes on Hodeida have been part of a monthlong US bombing campaign, per the AP, which the Trump administration said came about because of the Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route, and on Israel. About 200 people have been killed in the US campaign since March 16, the Houthis' health ministry reports.
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