At least 38 killed, 102 injured in US air strikes on Yemen

Al Masirah TV said the strikes on Thursday also wounded 102 people, citing the country’s Hodeidah Health Office

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the air strikes were intended to cut off the Houthis’ source of fuel and revenue.

“Today, US forces took action to eliminate this source of fuel for the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists,” CENTCOM said in a post on social media. “The objective of these strikes was to degrade the economic source of power of the Houthis,” it said.

The Pentagon did not comment on the rising death toll in response to a query from the Reuters news agency.

Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed al-Attab, reporting from Yemen’s capital Sanaa, said the US air strikes hit several different areas, but were most concentrated around the port facility.

“The first four air raids were waged while the people were working,” he said. The air raids took employees by surprise, he said, including truck drivers who were on the scene at the time.