Washington DC [US], April 3: Four people have been reported killed in attacks by the United States on Yemen's Hodeidah region, the latest deadly strikes against Houthi forces as the US announced the deployment of a second aircraft carrier and more warplanes to the Middle East.
Anees Alasbahi, a spokesman for the Houthi health minister, said three people were confirmed killed in the US attack on Tuesday night but that the death toll was preliminary. "The American attack, which targeted the water management building in the district of al-Mansouriyah in the governorate of Hodeidah with several strikes on Tuesday resulted in three deaths and two injuries, mostly employees," Alasbahi said.
The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV later reported that the death toll had risen to four. Local media reported that the Hajjah region in the northwest and Saada in the north had also been attacked.
More than 60 people have been killed in Yemen since Washington launched a military offensive on March 15 against Houthi forces.The Yemeni armed group had threatened to renew attacking Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea.
The Pentagon has also announced that it will increase the number of US aircraft carriers deployed in the Middle East to two, keeping one that is already stationed in the Red Sea and sending another from the Asia Pacific region. The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier will join the USS Harry S Truman in the Middle East, the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the US will also deploy additional military aircraft.
Source: Qatar Tribune
