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2025-04-19 Arabia
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Ras Isa Oil Port: Number of killed in American attacks rises to 74 80
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 [HodhodYemenNews] The death toll from the American aggression on the Ras Isa oil port in Hodeidah province, has risen to 74, with 171 wounded, with a provisional toll, according to the ministry of health in Sana’a.
The port was severely damaged on Thursday after a series of bombings by the United States, marking one of the most severe escalations in the American military aggression against Yemen in recent weeks.
According to local sources, US warplanes carried out 14 attacks on the Ras Issa port, resulting in the martyrdom of several workers at the site.
The sources added that the site was targeted again while civil defense crews were attempting to rescue victims, leading to the martyrdom and injury of several emergency responders.
According to the Hodeidah Health Office, medical teams are making enormous efforts to treat those wounded and burned in the brutal US assault on the Ras Issa facility.
This latest US escalation has only worsened the humanitarian crisis for Yemeni civilians, as Washington fails to achieve a military victory and instead resorts to desperate pressure tactics to force Yemen to halt its support for Gaza.
The US launched an air campaign against Yemen, beginning on March 15, 2025, following Yemen’s decision to resume retaliatory attacks on Israel in response to Israel’s intensified crimes in Gaza.
Since the initiation of the air campaign, US forces have targeted civilian infrastructure throughout Yemen, including communication networks, power plants, and water reservoirs, on an almost daily basis.
Houthis raise death toll in Yemen oil port attack to 80; fresh US strikes reported
[IsraelTimes] Airstrikes in Ras Isa are deadliest yet since America began targeting the Iran-backed rebels in response to their attacks on ships and Israel
US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Houthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington’s 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group. Thursday’s strikes on Ras Isa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the rebels that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, the US military said.
Images broadcast by a Houthi-run television channel showed large blazes lighting up the night sky following the latest in an intensified barrage of attacks under US President Donald Trump. Houthi media later reported fresh strikes in and around the capital Sanaa on Friday night.
Houthi health ministry spokesman Anees Alasbahi said rescuers were still searching for bodies at the fuel terminal on the Red Sea, suggesting the number of dead could rise.
The rebels’ Al-Masirah TV, citing local officials, said the toll from the strike had “risen to 80 dead and 150 wounded.”
The Houthis later announced missile attacks targeting Israel and two US aircraft carriers. Israel’s military said on Friday it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen.
The US military has hammered the Houthis with near-daily air strikes for the past month in a bid to stamp out their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Earlier on Friday, when the Ras Isa toll stood at 74, Alabashi said the overall number of deaths from renewed US strikes since March was 198.
In a statement, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said: “US forces took action to eliminate this source of fuel for the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists and deprive them of illegal revenue that has funded Houthi efforts to terrorize the entire region for over 10 years.”
Al-Masirah TV, citing authorities at the port, said the attack had caused “significant damage” that “will affect navigation and the supply of oil.”
The US strikes began in January 2024 but have multiplied under Trump, starting with an offensive that killed 53 people on March 15.
SHIPPING ATTACKS
Israel carried out airstrikes on Ras Isa and elsewhere in Yemen in January, describing the targets as military infrastructure. Similar Israeli strikes that also included Ras Isa took place in September.
“The message today is unmistakable: the US is targeting not only Houthi military assets and personnel, but also their economic infrastructure,” Albasha said.
Houthi attacks on the Red Sea shipping route, which normally carries about 12 percent of global trade, have forced many companies into costly detours around the tip of southern Africa.
Separately, US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce accused the Chinese satellite firm Chang Guang Satellite Technology Company of “directly supporting” Houthi attacks on “US interests.” Bruce did not initially provide details, but later referred to “a Chinese company providing satellite imagery to the Houthis.” 
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