Ras Isa (dpa-AfX)-After an attack by the US armed forces on the Rasa Hall in Rasa in Yemen controlled by the Huthi militia, the number of dead has risen to 80. 150 other people were injured in the attack, reported the Huthi broadcaster al-Masirah. The information could not be checked independently.
According to a report by the newspaper “Times of Israel”, it was the highest number of victims so far in an attack by the US forces since the start of the work against the militia supported by Iran 15 months ago. In the capital Sanaa, demonstrators “Death for America! Death for Israel!”, As Al-Masirah reported. “The upgrading of the US military and the continued aggression against our country will only lead to further counterattacks, clashes and confrontations,” said a Huthi spokesman.
The US armed forces had announced on Thursday that they had destroyed Rasa’s oil port in the west of Jemens. The aim was to take Huthi fighters an important source of financing. The militia finances its military activities with revenue from the sale of fuel imported across the port.
In Yemen, the capital Sanaa and other regions of the country are under the control of the militia support from Iran. Since the outbreak of the Gaza War in October 2023, the Huthi has repeatedly attacked ships with Israel reference in the Red Sea with Islamist Hamas./Dde/dp/he