Houthi medical sources stated that the attack was launched against water resources facilities in Al Mansuriyah district, in Al-Hudaydah Governorate on the Red Sea coast, and the fatalities were civilians.

The shelling was ordered by US President Donald Trump to confront Yemen’s Houthi rebel group, Ansar Allah, for its actions against the maritime trade to Israel.

The Pentagon announced the United States will send the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier to join the USS Harry S. Truman in the Middle East, as Washington increases its attacks on Yemen.

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.

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