The US Army announced that it had bombarded that resulted in the destruction of the RAS Issa oil port, controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
United States air strikes against the Ras Isa Petroliferous Port, controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen, killed 38 people and wounded another 102, according to the group’s al-Massirah television channel.
“Thirty-eight workers and employees were killed and 102 others were injured, according to a provisional balance of American aggression to Ras Issa’s oil zone,” Al-Massirah dos Houthis channel, citing the sanitary authorities of Hodeidah, a city-controlled city in the west of the country.
The US Army announced on Thursday that it had bombarded that resulted in the destruction of the Issa Petroleum Port, controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Diffused images at dawn today by Rebelde Al-Massira, presented as the “first images of the American aggression” against the oil port, showed a fireball to illuminate the zone where the ships are found, while thick clouds of smoke rose over what appears to be a fire, writes AFP.
“Civil Defense rescue teams and paramedics are doing everything they can to look for and remove the victims and extinguish the fire,” said the spokesman for the Houthi Ministry of Health, Aneesa Alasbahi.
According to the American command for the Middle East, “the purpose of these attacks was to reach the economic sources of Humthi power.”
“The United States have taken (these) measures to eliminate this source of hydrocarbons to the terrorists Houthi supported by Iran and deprive them of the illegal revenues that financed the Hethis actions to terrorize the entire region for more than a decade,” the command added in a statement.
For today, protest demonstrations against US attacks and support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are foreseen.
The Houthis began to attack Israel and the ships linked to this country off the back of the back of the back after the beginning of, on October 7, 2023, alleging solidarity with the Palestinians.
These attacks, which also aim at American military ships, disturbed traffic in the Red Sea, an essential maritime zone for world trade.
Washington launched an air campaign against the Houthis on March 15 to end the ships in the Red Sea.
Since then, the rebels have launched attacks against US military ships and against Israel, claiming to be acting in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
The rebels attacks had ceased with the January 19 truce between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas, but were resumed after Israel restarted the offensive in Gaza on 18 March.
