DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected U.S. airstrikes struck astir Yemen’s rebel-held superior overnight into Monday morning, attacks that the Iranian-backed Houthis said killed astatine slightest 3 people.
The afloat grade of nan harm wasn’t instantly clear. The attacks followed a night of airstrikes early Friday that appeared peculiarly aggravated compared to different days successful nan run that began March 15.
The strikes astir Sanaa, Yemen’s superior held by nan Houthis since 2014, and Hajjah governorate besides wounded 12 others, nan rebels said.
Their Al-Masirah outer news transmission aired footage of surgery solid littering homes successful Sanaa aft nan concussive blast of nan bombs, but continued not to show nan targets of nan attacks — suggesting nan sites had a subject aliases intelligence function. Strikes location killed 1 person, nan rebels said.
Another onslaught targeting a pickup motortruck successful Hajjah killed 2 group and wounded a child, nan Houthis said. It marked nan first, publically known clip nan American strikes targeted a conveyance successful this campaign.

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An Associated Press review has recovered nan caller American cognition against nan Houthis nether President Donald Trump appears more extensive than those nether erstwhile President Joe Biden, arsenic nan U.S. moves from solely targeting motorboat sites to firing astatine ranking unit arsenic good arsenic dropping bombs successful cities.
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The caller run of airstrikes, which nan Houthis now opportunity person killed astatine slightest 61 people, started aft the rebels threatened to statesman targeting “Israeli” ships again complete Israel blocking assistance entering nan Gaza Strip. The rebels successful nan past loosely defined what constitutes an Israeli ship, meaning different vessels could beryllium targeted.
The Houthis had targeted complete 100 merchant vessels pinch missiles and drones, sinking 2 vessels and sidesplitting 4 sailors from November 2023 until January of this year. They besides launched attacks targeting American warships, though nary has been deed truthful far.
The attacks greatly raised nan Houthis’ floor plan arsenic they faced economical problems and launched a crackdown targeting immoderate dissent and assistance workers astatine location amid Yemen’s decade-long stalemated warfare that has torn isolated nan Arab world’s poorest nation.