[Regnum] At least 30 people were killed as a result of US military airstrikes on a detention center for migrants from African countries in the city of Saada, located in northwestern Yemen. This was reported by the Yemeni TV channel Al Masirah, controlled by the Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis).
According to the TV channel, US Army fighter jets struck several times at a detention center for migrants from African countries, which at that time held 115 people, after which “rescuers have so far pulled 30 bodies from the rubble.”
It is noted that at least 50 more victims were hospitalized and most of them are in serious condition.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on April 28, at least eight people, including women and children, were killed in a US airstrike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Several more people were wounded.
Later that day, it was reported that three Russian sailors from the oil tanker Seven Pearls had been wounded in US airstrikes on a port in Yemen. The victims were taken to Sanaa for treatment.
Houthis say death toll reaches at least 68 in US strike on Yemen detention center for African migrants
[IsraelTimes] Houthi rebel-controlled media in Yemen says that US strikes targeted a migrant detention center in the movement’s stronghold of Saada, killing at least 68 people.
The US military has hit the Iran-backed Houthis with near-daily strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed “Rough Rider,” seeking to end the threat they pose to vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
The Houthis have been launching strikes targeting Israel and Western vessels in the Red Sea, in what they describe as solidarity with the Palestinians, since Hamas conducted the worst-ever attack on Israel in October 2023.
Yesterday, the US military said it has hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of Houthi rebels including members of the group’s leadership.
“The civil defense has announced that 68 African migrants were killed and 47 others wounded in the US attack targeting a center for illegal migrants in the city of Saada,” the Houthis’ Al-Masirah TV said.
AFP could not independently confirm the veracity of Al-Masirah’s claim that the strikes had hit a migrant detention center, or the toll.
AFP has contacted the US military for comment.
According to a statement cited by Al-Masirah from the Houthi administration’s interior ministry, the center housed “115 migrants, all from Africa.”
The broadcaster showed footage of bodies stuck under the rubble and of rescuers working to help the casualties.
Each year, tens of thousands of migrants brave the Eastern Route from the Horn of Africa, seeking to escape conflict, natural disasters and poor economic prospects by sailing across the Red Sea toward the oil-rich Gulf.
Many hope for employment as laborers or domestic workers in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries, though they face a perilous journey through war-torn Yemen.
US says it won’t reveal specific details on Yemen strikes ‘to preserve operational security’
The US military says it will not reveal specific details about its military strikes in Yemen, citing what it called the need “to preserve operational security” while also saying the strikes had “lethal effects” on Houthi rebels.
US President Donald Trump ordered the intensification of strikes on Yemen last month, with his administration saying it will continue assaulting Iran-backed Houthi rebels until they stop attacking Red Sea shipping.
Recent US strikes have killed dozens, including 74 at an oil terminal in mid-April in what was the deadliest strike in Yemen under Trump so far, according to the Houthi-run health ministry.
“To preserve operational security, we have intentionally limited disclosing details of our ongoing or future operations. We are very deliberate in our operational approach, but will not reveal specifics about what we’ve done or what we will do,” the US Central Command says in a statement.
The military says it has struck over 800 targets since mid-March that it says killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders as well as destroyed the militant group’s facilities.
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F-18 fighter jet crashes from USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier in Red Sea
The F-18E Super Hornet fighter-bomber fell from the deck of the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and sank in the Red Sea. This was reported on April 28 by the press service of the US Navy.
"The aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman lost an F-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 and a tow tractor during carrier operations in the Red Sea," the department said in a statement.
It is noted that the fighter was being towed in the hangar deck when control was lost over it. The aircraft and the tractor fell overboard and sank. All crew members managed to leave the aircraft and were found, one sailor was injured, he received a slight wound.
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A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet and a tow tractor fell off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Monday while it was at sea, the service announced. All personnel are accounted for, and one sailor sustained what was described as a “minor injury,” in a Navy news release.
A U.S. official told Task & Purpose that initial reports indicate the mishap occurred as the Truman was making a hard turn amid a Houthi attack. No information about the nature of the threat was immediately available.
Both the Truman and a second aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, are deployed to the Red Sea as part of ongoing operations against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Since March 15, U.S. forces have attacked more than 800 Houthi targets.
“The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft,” the news release says. “The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard.”