Xinhua
08 Apr 2025, 03:15 GMT+10
A doll is seen among the rubble of a house destroyed by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 7, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)by Mohamed al-Azaki, Mohammed MohammedSANAA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Following deadly U.S. airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa Sunday night, the sun rose over a pile of rubble, broken mirrors, charred beds, and the remains of a doll, all that belonged to a family whose house was heavily hit."This is my brother's house. All his four children, two boys and two girls, were killed. His wife was critically injured and is receiving treatment in the hospital," Ali Al-Suhaili, from Shu'ub neighborhood east of Sanaa, where the targeted house was located, told Xinhua."The house was targeted by American warplanes yesterday, Sunday night, with two airstrikes. We don't know what these people did for suffering all these...," Al-Suhaili said, stressing, "This heinous U.S. crime will not be forgotten."Mohammed Al-Qardi, a local resident, was among those who rushed first to rescue the family. "The American enemy bombed the civilian property last night, killing the four children ... Are these the military targets that Netanyahu and Trump boast about?" he said with anger.A forensic evidence member works at the site of a house destroyed by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 7, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)The Houthi-run health authorities issued an updated report this morning, saying the number of the injured from the night airstrikes has risen to 25, including 11 women and children. Most of them sustained serious wounds and burns from shrapnel and fire, according to the report.The violent airstrikes forced many families in the neighborhood to flee their homes for fear of losing their lives.The tragedy followed Saturday U.S. airstrikes on a solar energy store and an adjacent house in the northern Saada city that killed two people and wounded nine others, according to medics and residents.A man looks at the rubble of a house destroyed by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 7, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)These are the latest in a series of renewed U.S. airstrikes since March 15, which the U.S. administration said are intended to deter the Houthis from targeting naval and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.However, the Houthis repeatedly claim that their operations are in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes on Yemen and aim to pressure the U.S.-backed Israel to stop its offensive on the Gaza Strip and allow aid into the besieged Palestinian enclave.The militia said on Monday that its operations will not cease until the goals are achieved.In his recent threat to clobber the Yemeni group, U.S. President Donald Trump, on March 31, vowed on the Truth Social platform that strikes on Yemen's Houthis will continue until they are no longer a threat to U.S. ships, warning the militia and its Iranian backers of "real pain" to come.
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