UPDATES WITH DEATH TOLL; REVISES HEADLINE, LEDE
By Yusuf Alioglu and Rania Abu Shamala
ISTANBUL (AA) – One person was killed and four others were injured in US airstrikes on Saada city in northern Yemen on Saturday evening, Houthi-affiliated media reported.
Al-Masirah TV channel reported via its Telegram channel that "American aggressive forces" conducted four airstrikes targeting the Hafsin neighborhood in the west of Saada city.
The airstrikes also targeted a store selling solar panels and equipment, as well as a nearby house.
The television station initially reported that civil defense teams were working to put out fires and rescue victims. However, in an updated report, it said one person was killed and four others were injured in the US airstrikes, and that this is preliminary information about the victims.
Earlier in the day, US aircraft had carried out two other airstrikes on the Kahlan area of Saada city, according to the Houthi-affiliated SABA News Agency, which also did not provide additional information.
Since March 15, Anadolu has recorded hundreds of US airstrikes on Yemen, resulting in the deaths of 67 civilians and the injury of at least 146 others, including children and women, according to Houthi data, which does not include casualties among the group’s own forces.
Last month, US President Donald Trump said that he had ordered "decisive and powerful military action" against the Houthis and later threatened to "completely annihilate them."
The Houthis have targeted ships passing through the Red and Arabian seas, the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where more than 50,600 people have been killed in a brutal Israeli assault.
The group halted attacks when a Gaza ceasefire was declared in January between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas but resumed them after renewed Israeli airstrikes on Gaza last month.