U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the strikes overnight Thursday were taken in self-defense and “to prevent further attacks on international shipping.”
Airstrikes carried out by the United States and Britain targeting the Houthi rebel group in Yemen killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 on Thursday, according to Houthi media reports. If confirmed, the death toll would make the strikes overnight the deadliest to have been publicly acknowledged in the months-long campaign.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesman, said the attacks struck targets in the capital Sana’ and the port city of Hodeida, including one that hit a radio building.“This represents a clear targeting of civilian structures, a blatant violation of all international laws, and a full-fledged war crime,” Saree said.The Houthis responded by launching a large attack against the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, according to Saree.
“The utmost care was taken in planning the strikes to minimise any risk to civilians or nonmilitary infrastructure,” the U.K. defense ministry said in its statement on the strikes. “Conducting the strikes in the hours of darkness should also have mitigated yet further any such risk.”The attack overnight Thursday appears to be one of the largest conducted by U.S. and U.K. forces since the campaign against the Houthis was launched in January, but U.S.
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