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US air strikes on a key oil terminal on Yemen's Red Sea coast controlled by the Houthi movement have killed at least 58 people and wounded 126 others, Houthi-run media say.

The US military said it had destroyed Ras Issa "to eliminate this source of fuel for the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists and deprive them of illegal revenue"

The Houthi-led government that runs north-western Yemen said the terminal was a civilian facility and that attack constituted a "full-fledged war crime".

It was one of the deadliest incidents since President Donald Trump ordered US forces to intensify their bombing campaign last month in response to Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping and Israel linked to the Gaza war.

Several hours after the strikes on Ras Issa, the Israeli military said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen.

Sirens sounded in several Israeli areas but there were no reports of any casualties or damage.

Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported that 14 air strikes hit Ras Issa late on Thursday.

Videos posted online purportedly showed several explosions, large fires and destroyed fuel tankers at the facility, which is about 60km (35 miles) north of the Red Sea city of Hudaydah.

Al-Masirah cited local health authorities as saying many of the dead were workers at the facility. It also reported that five paramedics were killed in secondary US strikes as they arrived at the scene.

The casualty reports could not be immediately verified, but footage from Al-Masirah appeared to show at least 10 charred bodies near the burning tankers, including one driver, as well as men being treated for serious burns in hospital.

"We affirm that the targeting of the Ras Issa oil port is a full-fledged war crime, as the port is a civilian facility and not a military one," the Houthi-run government said in a statement.

"We hold the US istration fully responsible for the consequences resulting from its escalation in the Red Sea," it warned.

The US military's Central Command said in a statement that the "objective of these strikes was to degrade the economic source of power of the Houthis, who continue to exploit and bring great pain upon their fellow countrymen".

"The Houthis, their Iranian masters, and those who knowingly aid and abet their terrorist actions should be put on notice that the world will not accept illicit smuggling of fuel and war material to a terrorist organisation," it added.

Iran's foreign ministry said it strongly condemned the strikes as "barbaric".
On Thursday, the Houthis' leader gave a defiant speech in which he claimed the recent US strikes failed to stop their attacks.

Abdul Malik al-Houthi said the group's forces had carried out almost 80 operations involving around 170 missiles and drones since mid-March, including 30 attacks targeting the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman and 26 attacks on Israel.

Yemen has been devastated by a civil war that escalated 10 years ago, when the Houthis seized control of the country's north-west from the internationally-recognised government and a Saudi-led coalition ed by the US intervened in an effort to restore its rule.

The fighting has reportedly left more than 150,000 people dead and triggered a humanitarian disaster, with 4.8 million people displaced and 19.5 million - half of the population - in need of some form of aid.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have targeted dozens of merchant vessels with missiles, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. They have sunk two vessels, seized a third, and killed four crew .

The Houthis have said they are acting in of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and have claimed - often falsely - that they are targeting ships only linked to Israel, the US or the UK.

The Houthis were not deterred by the deployment of Western warships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to protect merchant vessels last year, or by multiple rounds of US strikes on military targets ordered by former President Joe Biden.

After taking office in January, Trump redesignated the Houthis as a "Foreign Terrorist Organisation" - something the Biden istration had removed due to what it said was the need to mitigate the country's humanitarian crisis.

Last month, Trump ordered large-scale strikes on areas controlled by the Houthis and threatened that they would be "completely annihilated". He has also warned Iran not to arm the group - something it has repeatedly denied doing.

Israel has also carried out air strikes against the Houthis since last July in retaliation for the hundreds of missiles and drones that the Israeli military says have been launched at the country from Yemen, most of which have been shot down.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clywg335680o

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Boogyman557:
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I have not seen foolish peeps like these head-slammers. All the Houthis toys are insignificant to Israel. Hunger and destruction pervade their land yet they are grand standing like hamas

War everywhere with high level of human casualties. And so sad to note that politics is at the centre of all these.

It's risky to toy with Superior firepower

Hmmm
Us has not even had their attention yet

The plan is to degrade the Houthis, significantly...rather than put boots on ground, the legitimate government of Yemen, will now have the mandate to uproot them and take over the governance of Yemen, it is said that the government of Yemen is preparing a major onslaught, an 80,000 man strong onslaught that will uproot the Houthis.

Its not looking good for Iran, all it's proxies are down except Houthis and even those ones will soon go down.

All it's air defenses have been shattered into smithereens by Isreal, Ayatollah will have no option but abscond, before this year end, it will be the end of an era surely but hopefully a new era will Come when the mighty Persia will be liberated from the parasitic islamists and Persia will once again take it's right seat in the comity of great nations.

This yemen terrorist can be called werey ni o...
Una used money to use feed starving nation dey take am buy guns to fire israel and war ship ing tru the red sea.....

Trump will be the end of America if care is not taken.

valentineuwakwe:
This yemen terrorist can be called werey ni o...
Una used money to use feed starving nation dey take am buy guns to fire israel and war ship ing tru the red sea.....

Iran is funding now

The reason houthus still stay alive till now is because isreal never saw them as a threat... So instead didn't bother doing intelligence gathering and infiltration in them....

They are too far away from isreal and never strikes isreal untill this episode.. I am sure alot of mossad agents have been deployed silently into that organization ND in like 5years even it's leaders bedroom will b identified.. all it's leadership in picture and location will b known.. and even modes of operation , storage facilities, banks foot shoulders ND training grounds will all b known to isreal..

For now let them enjoi their relevance till isreal finalize it's intelligence job... We all know isreal is a master of this operations, trump is just wasting US missiles just to boast he did this and that...

Houthus shldnoteay for Netanyanhus deaths least all it's leaders will fill in 5years

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They are about to be ruined

WriterNig will surely feel bad about this news

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Autabalefi,,

So, Houthi wey their country -Yemen- dey very poor still dey fire missles?

Wetin Ishmael no go see for wAr,,

They think Trump is Biden who jokes around?

Islamabad, this fine country has been destroyed to zero since 2011 Arab spring protest

Extremist are cancer to the society

Like father (USA), like son (Israel).

After taking office in January, Trump redesignated the Houthis as a "Foreign Terrorist Organisation" - something the Biden istration had removed due to what it said was the need to mitigate the country's humanitarian crisis.

baralatie:
After taking office in January, Trump redesignated the Houthis as a "Foreign Terrorist Organisation" - something the Biden istration had removed due to what it said was the need to mitigate the country's humanitarian crisis.

That is strong indictment on Biden

America voted war to power over peace

Sigh... Men just fighting wars and decimating innocent people for the fun of it.

If we are being very honest, none of us can truly point at a single viable reason for these wars.



It just feels like top nations have a need to exercise their military might and show off their war toys... All at the expense of innocent lives and properties.

They should start bombing US ,suicide bombings is not bad.

I'm not even angry. Most of the Muslims in USA approved this stikes. They voted for Trump.

Kobolander:
War everywhere with high level of human casualties. And so sad to note that politics is at the centre of all these.

War is an extension of politics

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Let's hear they are killing civilians.. abeg are children and women now live in oil facilities 😁😁😁😁😁 bomb them to stone age 🤣🤣🤣🤣

There's no peace wherever you see people slamming their heads on the ground like goats, always blood, sorrow and death.

The progenitor of this deadly cult they call religion will burn in hell till eternity

Kobolander:
War everywhere with high level of human casualties. And so sad to note that politics is at the centre of all these.

you human casualties when it wasn't Hiatus killing 😁😁😁😁😁