SANAA – A woman was killed and a man wounded late Friday night when a U.S. airstrike struck a house in Yemen’s northern Saada province, according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
The strike targeted a home in the Sahar district, and the Houthi television reported that a total of 32 U.S. airstrikes hit several locations across northern Yemen throughout the day.
No additional casualties were reported.
Tensions between the Houthi group and the U.S. military have sharply risen since Washington resumed airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen on March 15. The strikes were intended to deter the Houthis from targeting Israel and international shipping in the Red and Arabian Seas.
On Friday, the Houthi group claimed that U.S. warplanes had carried out over 1,200 air raids on Yemen since mid-March, causing hundreds of civilian casualties and extensive damage to infrastructure.
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