The United States strikes on the Yemeni oil port kills 74 people, the Houthis say

The group said on Friday that the US air strikes targeting the oil port held by the Houthi rebels in Yemen killed 74 people and wounded 171 others.

The Trump campaign, which started on March 15, has been very difficult because the US Army’s Central Command has not yet released any information about the campaign, its specific goals and the number of people who were killed.

Meanwhile, the Houthi rebels in Yemen control reach the areas that have attacked and do not publish information about strikes, which are likely to target military and security sites.

But the strike on the oil port at the head of Issa, who sent huge shots in the night sky, represents a major escalation of the United States campaign. The Houthis immediately released graphs for those who were killed in the attack.

In a statement, the Central Command said that “the American forces have taken measures to eliminate this source of fuel for Iranian -backed Houthi terrorists and deny them illegal revenues that have funded the Houthi efforts to terrorize the entire region for more than 10 years.”

He added: “This strike was not intended to harm the people of Yemen, who truly want to get rid of the yoke of the properties and live quietly.” No victims were admitted and refused to comment when I asked the Associated Press in relation to civilians who were killed.

The Israeli army said that the Iranian -backed Houthis later launched a missile over Israel, which was intercepted. The sirens appeared in Tel Aviv and other areas.

Structures that cause intense fires

RAS ISA, a group of three oil tanks and devotional equipment, sits in Hodeidah in Yemen along the Red Sea. NASA, which follows forest fires, showed a severe fire on Friday on the site off the island of Camara, targeted by extensive American air strikes over the past few days.

The satellite channel in the Houthis broadcast graphics footage of this, which shows the bodies that are scattered across the site. She said that paramedics and civilian workers in the port were killed in the attack, which caused a major explosion and fires.

The RAS ISA port is also an oil pipeline that extends to the energy -rich Marib Governorate in Yemen, which is still kept by the exile government allies. The Houthis expelled that government from the capital of Yemen, SANA, in 2015. However, oil exports were stopped by a decade -long war and the Houthis used Ras Issa to bring oil.

In a statement, the Houthis condemned the American attack as a “completely unjustified aggression” and the violation and independence of Yemen.

On April 9, the US State Department issued a warning about oil shipments to Yemen.

“The United States will not tolerate any country or commercial entity that provides support to foreign terrorist organizations, such as the Houthis, including unloading ships and the provision of oil in the Houthi -controlled ports,” she said.

The attack follows Israeli air strikes on the Houthis, which previously struck the infrastructure of the ports and oil used by the rebels after their attacks on Israel.

Analysts said the attack was the most known attack so far in the campaign. “It was very difficult to evaluate deaths,” said Luca Nevola, the major analyst in Yemen and the Gulf in the armed conflict data project.

A Chinese company accused of helping Houthi attacks

Meanwhile, US State Department spokesman Tami Bruce in a briefing with journalists accused Zhang Guang Satellite Co., and is equipped with commercial satellite images, “to directly support Iran’s Houthi terrorist attacks supported by American interests.”

Bruce did not explain in detail, but he confessed to a story by the financial Times, which quoted unknown US officials, saying that the company linked to the People’s Liberation Army had provided pictures that allow the rebels to target American warships and commercial ships traveling through the Red Sea Corridor.

Bruce said: “By the way, Beijing supported that company, the satellite company, even after we participated in discussions with them about this … It definitely contradicts their claims that they are supporters of peace,” Bruce said.

In response to a question about the prosecution, a spokesman for Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday. However, he insisted that China considers countries to “make more efforts to regional peace and stability.”

The United States strikes part of the ongoing campaign

AP review found that the new American operation against the Houthis during the era of President Trump appears to be more comprehensive than those under former President Joe Biden, as Washington moves from targeting launch sites only to shooting employees and dropping bombs in cities.

The new campaign began from the air strikes after the rebels threatened to start targeting “Israeli ships” again around Israel, which prevents the aid entering the Gaza Strip. The rebels have seen loosely what constitutes an Israeli ship, which means that many ships can target.

The Houthis targeted more than 100 commercial ships with missiles and drones, two of them drowned and killed four sailors from November 2023 to January this year. This greatly reduced the flow of trade through the Red Sea corridor, which usually sees $ 1 trillion of goods to move. The Houthis also launched the attacks targeting American warships without success.

The American campaign does not show any signs of stopping, as the Trump administration has also linked its air strikes to the Houthis with an effort to pressure Iran because of its advanced nuclear program quickly. The second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States is scheduled to take place on Saturday in Rome.