![A view of the site hit, as Houthis report that in Yemen's capital, Sana'a, an airstrike targeting a building by the United States has resulted in the deaths of at least four civilians, with many others injured, according to initial assessments, on March 24, 2025. [Mohammed Hamoud - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AA-20250324-37432522-37432521-US_AIRSTRIKE_IN_SANAA_KILLS_FOUR_INJURES_OTHERS-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
US air strikes have intensified across Yemen, with President Donald Trump’s administration claiming to have eliminated key Houthi figures, including their top missile commander.
Though the Pentagon has yet to confirm specific targets, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said yesterday that American forces have “taken out key Houthi leadership, including their head missileer.”
The Houthis have not acknowledged the loss.
“We’ve hit their headquarters,” Waltz told the CBS News program ‘Face the Nation’. “We’ve hit communications nodes, weapons factories and even some of their over-the-water drone production facilities.”
One of the latest strikes reportedly hit a building in a western district of the capital Sanaa, killing at least one person and injuring 13 others, according to the Houthi-run SABA news agency.
Footage released by the rebels showed a collapsed structure with bloodstains amid the rubble.
The US bombardment, now in its tenth consecutive day, comes in response to Houthi attacks on commercial shipping and threats to resume targeting Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has been carrying out what UN experts have said is a genocidal bombing campaign in the enclave since October 2023.
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