Yemen’s Houthis have said they have retaliated after vowing to “meet escalation with escalation” following the United States air strikes against the group that killed at least 53 people.
The rise in the death toll to 53 from the U.S. attack on Yemen was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Houthi-run Health Ministry on Sunday. Five children and two women were among the victims, while the number of injuries rose to 98, said Anees Alsbahi, the spokesperson.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said earlier on Sunday that the group targeted the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman and its warships with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone, state TV Al Masirah reported. The U.S. has not yet responded to the Houthis’ claim. Saree added that the U.S. had launched more than 47 raids on various areas in Yemen.
In separate comments, Abdul Malik al Houthi, the leader of the Houthi movement, said in a televised statement that the U.S. and Israel were “seeking to impose the equation of permissibility on the region and its people”.
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