UPDATE: The US military targeted Yemen’s Ras Isa oil port in one of the deadliest airstrikes to date, leaving at least 74 people dead.
At least 58 Yemenis were killed and more than 100 injured in US airstrikes on the Ras Isa oil port in Yemen’s western Hodeidah province on Thursday evening, according to Yemeni media outlets affiliated with Ansarallah. Among the dead were reported to be port workers, employees, and paramedics.
Footage broadcast by Al Masirah TV, a Yemeni media outlet, showed bodies scattered at the targeted site. The same sources reported that US warplanes also launched a series of nine strikes on Al Bayda in central Yemen and on Sana’a in the north, continuing what has become a near-daily bombing campaign over the past month.
Port Targeted
In a statement published on X (formerly Twitter), US Central Command confirmed that its forces struck the Ras Isa oil port, describing the operation as a move to disrupt “illicit revenue streams” allegedly used by Ansarallah to fund operations.
CENTCOM stated that the port had been a “key fuel source” for the group, with ships continuing to deliver fuel in defiance of sanctions, allegedly generating revenue to support their military activities.
Major U.S. attack on Yemen kills at least 58 people including civilians
Footage has gone viral online showing a massive U.S. airstrikes hitting the Ras Isa oil port.
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The US military declared the strikes intended to degrade Ansarallah’s economic infrastructure.
Deadliest Strike Yet
Thursday’s strikes appear to be among the deadliest since the US air campaign intensified in mid-March under the administration of President Donald Trump.
The campaign followed renewed threats by Ansarallah to resume attacks on international maritime routes after Israel ended a temporary ceasefire with Hamas and escalated its offensive on Gaza on March 18.
In response, Ansarallah resumed targeting US and Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea and beyond, citing solidarity with Palestinians under siege in Gaza.
Since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, Ansarallah has repeatedly launched missiles toward Israel and attacked ships tied to the country as part of its declared support for the Palestinian resistance.
President Trump has vowed to eliminate the group and issued warnings to Iran over its alleged support for Ansarallah.
(PC, AJA)
Trump and his entire administration are a danger to world peace. He is LITERALLY murdering innocent people. And he’s not even trying to cover it up or make excuses. He has definitely gone off the rails. We need to vote him and his entire administration out of office immediately before he kills again. To hell with waiting until 2028, he doesn’t care one bit about democracy, so We The People need to go above his head and have him removed from office and from any and all political decisions. He’s not fit for office. Clearly he’s under mind control of MK Ultra. Who is his ‘ handler ‘? and what is he going to do next?
Next he will attack his own citizens. It’s already happening.
Uncle Sam and the Zios are two sides of the same coin. Both are terrorist states that doesn’t think twice about bombing innocents to serve their inetersts in the region. This, however, will not deter the brave Yemenis from helping their brothers in Palestine. Trump’s administration and the Zios can go to hell.