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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Several martyred, injured in US-UK aggression on Yemeni cities</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">Al Mayadeen English</div>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">March 15, 2025</div>
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assault comes as Yemen enforces a ban on Israeli ships entering
designated zones in response to the Israeli regime's siege on Gaza.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
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Oil tanks burn at a port in Hodeidah following Israeli airstrike, Yemen, Saturday, July 20, 2024 (<em>AP</em>)
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<p>An aggression targeted Yemen, striking the capital Sanaa several
times on Saturday following the reinstatement of Yemen's ban on Israeli
ships passing through designated areas.</p>
<p>Several air raids launched by the US-UK coalition of aggression
targeted a residential neighborhood in the Sha'ub district, north of the
capital, <strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'s correspondent reported.</p>
<p>The aggression, according to the Yemeni Health Ministry spokesman, Anis al-Asbahi, who spoke with <strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>,
led to the martyrdom of 13 civilians and the injury of nine others,
mostly in serious condition, in a preliminary toll of the US-British
aggression airstrikes.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Civil Defense teams continue their rescue operations in
the area affected by the US-British aggression north of Sanaa, according
to the Yemeni Security Media Center.</p>
<p>US military sources revealed that US warplanes took off from the
aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea to launch raids on
Yemeni sites.</p>
<p>Officials in Washington and the Middle East were bracing on Saturday for a counterattack by Yemen's Ansar Allah. </p>
<p>Later, our correspondent reported that the US-British aggression
against Yemen has renewed, targeting the northern city of Saada, in the
north of the country, amid continued airstrikes.</p>
<p>Shortly after, Saada came under attack again with a series of
airstrikes by US-UK aircraft, as reported by our correspondent, followed
by an American-British aggression targeting the outskirts of Dhamar
city and Ans district, east of Dhamar Governorate and another targeting
al-Bayda Governorate in central Yemen, with a US official telling <em>Reuters </em>that US strikes against Yemen will last days and possibly even weeks.</p>
<p>Soon after midnight, <strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'s correspondent
reported that a US airstrike targeted a quarry to the east of Dhamar
city. Another eight airstrikes launched by US-UK warplanes targeted the
al-Bayda Governorate.</p>
<p>According to our correspondent, an initial toll has found that at
least 15 civilians, mostly women and children, were either martyred or
injured in the strikes that targeted Quzha in northern Saada. In the
same governorate, a civilian was martyred and another was injured due to
an airstrike that targeted a residential area in Azla al-Sha'af. </p>
<h2>Latest updated toll</h2>
<p>At 2:15 AM (local time), an updated toll showed that 39 civilians
were killed or injured in the US-UK aggression on the governorates of
Sanaa and Saada.</p>
<h2>Trump announces strikes, promises 'overwhelming lethal force'</h2>
<p>US President Donald Trump announced launching military strikes
against Yemen's Ansar Allah on Saturday over the group's operations in
the Red Sea, warning "hell will rain down upon you" if they did not stop
targeting Israeli and Israeli-affiliated commercial vessels and US
warships active in the region.</p>
<p>Trump also warned Iran that it needed to immediately stop supporting
the group, promising that if it threatened the United States, "America
will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!"</p>
<p>"The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will
use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective,"
Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.</p>
<p>"Your time is up, and your attacks must stop, starting today. If they
don't, hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen
before," Trump audaciously said, threatening Ansar Allah over its
support for Gaza. </p>
<p><em>The New York Times </em>earlier cited two US officials as saying that Washington is planning to launch airstrikes on several targets in Yemen.</p>
<p>The <em>NYT </em>reported that the United States started large-scale
military strikes against "dozens of targets" in Yemen, noting that US
President Trump ordered airstrikes on alleged "radars, air defenses, and
missile and drone systems", however, <strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'s
correspondent reported that several airstrikes by the US-UK coalition of
aggression targeted a residential neighborhood in al-Jarf north of
Sanaa, resulting in civilian casualties. </p>
<p>US officials pointed out that the strikes allegedly targeting the
Yemeni Armed Forces' arsenal could last for several days and intensify
in scope and scale depending on the Yemeni forces' retaliatory response.</p>
<p>This comes four days after the Yemeni Armed Forces announced a
resumption on banning all Israeli ships from specified areas in the Red
Sea, Arab Sea, as well as Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Aden Gulf, with
the Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Yahya Saree warning that any
Israeli ships that violate this ban will be attacked.</p>
<h2>Yemen vows military action against 'Israel'</h2>
<p><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemen-vows-military-action-against--israel--citing-siege-on?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=exact_title&utm_campaign=Yemen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yemen has pledged to take action against "Israel"</a><span> </span>after
it refused to lift the blockade on military aid to Gaza, aiming to
pressure the occupation into ending the siege, while a senior Yemeni
military source told<strong><span> </span>Al Mayadeen</strong><span> </span>on
March 11 that "Israel" had failed to comply with the agreement and did
not lift the siege on Gaza, emphasizing that Yemen's next steps will be
determined by this violation.</p>
<p>The source confirmed that the army, along with all its military
formations, has finalized its preparations and remains in a state of
readiness for orders, adding that Yemen's naval operations are centered
on breaking the blockade and securing the delivery of aid to Gaza.</p>
<p>The leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, declared on March 9 that military operations<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/military-action-to-resume-if-siege-on-gaza-continues--al-hou?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=exact_title&utm_campaign=Houthi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeting Israeli-linked vessels would resume</a><span> </span>if humanitarian aid does not reach Gaza within the four-day deadline he had set last week.</p>
<p>Previously, Sayyed Abdul-Malik<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/operations-to-resume-if-gaza-blockade-not-lifted-in-4-days?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=exact_title&utm_campaign=Houthi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set a four-day deadline</a><span> </span>on
March 7 for mediators to ensure the entry of humanitarian aid into
Gaza, warning that if the Israeli occupation continued to obstruct aid
deliveries, naval operations targeting Israeli-linked vessels would
resume.</p>
<p>Despite this, "Israel" continued to impose its siege on Gaza,
starting with the blocking of humanitarian aid from entering the strip
on March 2, and most recently<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-energy-minister-says-orders-given-to-cut-off-gaza-el?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=exact_title&utm_campaign=Israeli%20energy%20minister" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cutting the electricity supply from Gaza</a>, according to the Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen.</p>
<h2>Yemen resumes ban on Israeli ships</h2>
<p>Previously,<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemen-ready-to-back-the-ummah-s-people-against-aggression--a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sayyed</a><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemen-ready-to-back-the-ummah-s-people-against-aggression--a" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span> </span>al-Houthi</a><span> </span>said
Sanaa was continuously monitoring and observing developments in Gaza
amid the Israeli occupation's complete evasion of its commitments to the
ceasefire agreement. </p>
<p>In a late February speech, Sayyed al-Houthi also revealed that Yemen
was prepared to intervene militarily had Trump carried out his threat to
restart the war on Gaza if Hamas did not release the Israeli captives.</p>
<p>"Yemen remains steadfast in its support for the Palestinian people
and Resistance factions in confronting Israel’s attempts to evade the
ceasefire agreement and its second phase," al-Houthi emphasized, warning
that if the war is reignited in Gaza, "the entire Zionist entity,
starting with occupied Yafa, will come under fire," amid the Yemeni
support and military intervention. </p>
<p>Sayyed al-Houthi reiterated his stance on March 7, giving<span> mediators
a four-day deadline to ensure the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza,
warning that if the Israeli occupation continues to block aid
deliveries, naval operations against Israeli-linked vessels will resume.</span></p>
<p>Al-Houthi accused the Israeli occupation of delaying its commitments
under the Gaza ceasefire agreement, particularly concerning humanitarian
provisions. He stated that while Hamas had fully honored its
obligations, the occupation had<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hamas--netanyahu-halting-aid--blatant-violation--of-ceasefir" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed to uphold its side</a><span> </span>of the deal.</p>
<p>"The humanitarian aspect of the agreement includes clear obligations
with guarantees from mediators, yet Israel is trying to evade them," he
said.</p>
<p>Sayyed al-Houthi also condemned intensified Israeli attacks in the
occupied West Bank and al-Quds, highlighting the role of Israeli
settlers in escalating violence against Palestinians. He criticized US
support for the Israeli occupation under President Donald Trump, saying
Washington’s backing had emboldened the regime's policies of
displacement and aggression against Palestinians.</p>
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