Three Civilians Killed in Sana’a As US Airstrikes Escalate across Yemen
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Three civilians were killed in fresh US airstrikes on Yemen’s capital on Thursday, bringing the nationwide death toll from American attacks to 107 since mid-March, according to Yemen’s health ministry.
Yemen’s al-Masirah television, citing the health ministry, reported that the latest US airstrikes struck the al-Sabeen district of Sana’a early Thursday.
The ministry said the casualty figures were not yet finalized, but initial reports confirmed that “three civilians have been martyred and a number of others have been wounded.”
In a separate report, al-Masirah said US fighter jets carried out four airstrikes on the Bani Hushaysh district, located northeast of the capital.
The broadcaster also reported a US airstrike targeting Kamaran Island, situated west of Hudaydah in the Red Sea.
According to the health ministry, US air raids between March 15 and April 9 have killed 107 civilians, including women and children, and left 223 others injured.
The US signaled this week that it plans to intensify its military campaign in Yemen.
“It’s been a bad three weeks for the Houthis, and it’s about to get worse,” said Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Monday while speaking in the Oval Office alongside President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Anis al-Asbahi, spokesperson for Yemen’s health ministry, told the Saba news agency that US attacks would not have occurred without the “silence and inaction” of the international community.
“These crimes reveal the brutality of this savage aggression, which does not hesitate to kill civilians, in a failed attempt to break the will of the Yemeni people,” he said.
Asbahi added that the attacks are punishment for Yemen’s continued support of the Palestinian cause and called on the international community to denounce the US assaults on civilians, infrastructure, and medical facilities.
Washington began launching airstrikes on Yemen on March 15, following renewed retaliatory attacks by Yemeni forces against Israel.
Since then, US warplanes have conducted near-daily strikes targeting Yemen’s civilian infrastructure.
The US has framed its campaign as an effort to protect freedom of navigation in waters near Yemen.
Yemeni authorities, however, have rejected that claim, saying their attacks only target vessels linked to Israel—by ownership, flag, operation, or destination.
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) began targeting Israeli-linked ships and military sites in the occupied territories in November 2023, one month after Israel renewed its military campaign in Gaza.
Despite the escalation of American airstrikes, Yemeni forces have continued launching drone and missile attacks against US warships in the Red Sea.
They have also successfully downed several US drones in recent weeks.
According to sources cited by CNN and The New York Times, the US military campaign in Yemen has cost nearly $1 billion and has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis, but has made little strategic impact on Ansarallah and the Yemeni Armed Forces.
On Wednesday, the Yemeni army said it had carried out a drone strike using a Yaffa drone on an Israeli military target in Tel Aviv.
Yemeni forces also launched a drone attack on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea.
Earlier that day, the Yemeni army reported that it had shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone conducting “hostile missions” in Yemen’s airspace.
The army said it would continue retaliatory operations in solidarity with the Palestinian people until the war in Gaza comes to an end.
