Air strikes by the United States on Yemen’s Ras Isa oil port have killed at least 38 people in what is one of the deadliest attacks on the country by US forces, Houthi-affiliated media report.
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 that the airstrikes were intended to cut off funding and resources to the Houthis.
“The objective of these strikes was to degrade the economic source of power of the Houthis, who continue to exploit and bring great pain upon their fellow countrymen,” CENTCOM said in a post on social media.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the rising death toll.
Video footage shared by Al Masirah TV on social media in the early hours of Friday morning show massive explosions lighting up the night sky across a body of water identified as Ras Isa port. The video then jumps to close-up clips of rubble and fires before panning to a graphic image of a dead civilian.
“Initial footage of the US aggression’s crime targeting the Ras Isa oil port, resulting in a number of martyrs and dozens of port workers and employees being injured,” a caption attached to the post said in Arabic.
Other videos shared by Al Masirah TV on X show similar scenes of destruction and interviews with badly burned port workers.
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