Ahmed Asmar
28 April 2025•Update: 29 April 2025
ANKARA
At least 68 people were killed and 47 others injured in US airstrikes on a shelter for African migrants in Yemen’s northern Saada province, the Houthi group said on Monday.
The Houthi-run Interior Ministry said that the attacks targeted a shelter center housing 115 migrants from African nationalities.
It said the targeted shelter is supervised by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), calling the US strikes "a full-fledged war crime."
The Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV published footage showing wide destruction at the bombed site, along with evacuations of injured people to hospitals.
According to the broadcaster, one of the US missiles didn't explode and is being dealt with by expert teams.
There was no immediate US comment on the report.
The US has carried out more than 1,200 airstrikes in Yemen since March 15, killing more than 225 civilians and injuring over 430, mostly women and children, according to Houthi data that excludes losses among their forces.
US President Donald Trump said last month that he had ordered "decisive and powerful military action" against the Houthi group and later threatened to "completely annihilate them."
The Houthis have targeted ships passing through the Red and Arabian seas, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where more than 52,000 people have been killed in a brutal Israeli assault for more than 19 months.
The group halted attacks when a Gaza ceasefire was declared in January between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas but resumed them after Israel renewed airstrikes on Gaza last month.
