Yemen's Houthi rebels say at least 16 people are dead
after US and British air strikes targeted Yemen.
Now, these strikes happened overnight and they targeted areas around
the capital Sanaa,
as well as the port city of Hodeidah on the
Red Sea.
Now, the US and Britain are describing these attacks as
trying to target the areas where they say the Houthi
rebels are targeting commercial ships going through the Red Sea
and the Gulf of Aden.
There have been over 50 known attacks on vessels.
Since November, the rebels have been attacking these ships over
what they say is a pressure campaign against Israel over
its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Now, for their part, the Houthis say that these strikes
killed 16 civilians.
The Houthis did not offer any evidence to support that,
and Houthi fighters are known to wear street clothes in
combat.
However, they were able to air footage of chaos at
a hospital,
bloody people being carried out of what they described as
a building housing.
A radio station. And all.
This comes as these airstrikes by the British and the
Americans have been going on since January,
and this round of strikes appears to be the deadliest
yet.
And the Houthi attacks on shipping continue.