Yemen’s Houthi rebels, grouped in the Ansar Allah movement, denounced attacks on the northwestern province of Saada, where a hospital to treat cancer patients and the settlements of Saqain, Kitaf, and Sahar were damaged.

The airstrikes respond to an order by US President Donald Trump to act against the rebel group due to its actions against maritime trade to Israel.

The Houthis have taken over large areas in central, northern, and southern Yemen, including Sana’a, the capital, since 2014, after taking up arms against the Government, an event that sparked an ongoing civil war.

In November 2023, they launched attacks on Israel-bound ships in the Red Sea, as a response to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.

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