US Airstrikes Kill and Injure Civilians in Ongoing Aggression Against Yemen
The latest incidents occurred on Tuesday, when US airstrikes targeted several locations across Yemen. In the al-Hawak district of Hodeidah, a strike on a residential area killed four people and injured 16 others, with rescue efforts still underway to recover victims trapped under the rubble.
مشاهد أولية من جريمة استهداف العدوان الأمريكي لمدينة أمين مقبل السكنية في مديرية الحوك بمحافظة الحديدة#جرائم_العدوان_الامريكي#لن_نترك_غزة pic.twitter.com/JZcNKNHTW1
— الدكتور احمد مطهر الشامي (@drahmedalshami) April 8, 2025
Elsewhere, four US airstrikes hit a residential neighborhood in Amin Mubarak, southeast of Hodeidah, killing six people, including three children and two women, and wounding 16 others, mostly civilians. Rescue teams continue to search the area. Additional strikes west of Dhamar injured four people, one critically.
The US aggression has also targeted infrastructure, with strikes hitting the communications network in Shawaba, Dhaibain district, and launching multiple raids on the Ibb governorate and the capital Sanaa.
Despite the intensity of the bombardment, reports indicate that the arsenal of the Yemeni armed forces, known as Ansar Allah, remains largely intact. US officials have privately admitted that most of Yemen's vast underground missile and drone stockpiles have survived the onslaught.
In fact, the Yemeni military has carried out its own successful operations, including strikes targeting Tel Aviv with a drone and US Navy warships with cruise missiles and drones. Yemeni officials have vowed that the US crimes will only strengthen their resolve in support of the Palestinian people.
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