Yemen cancer hospital bombing
© AA
The Yemeni army continues to respond to Washington's non-stop attacks against the country by targeting US warships in the Red Sea

US warplanes launched around two dozen airstrikes on several areas of northern Yemen late on 25 March, Yemeni media outlets reported.

"The American aggression launched 17 airstrikes on Saada Governorate last night," a correspondent for Al-Masirah TV reported on Wednesday, adding that the US also hit the Sufyan district with two airstrikes.


At least five US airstrikes also targeted the Sahar district in Saada. Earlier on Tuesday, US airstrikes targeted the Al-Rasool al-Azam cancer hospital in Saada, marking the second attack on the oncology center in just a few days.
"The American aggression targeted the hospital for the second time, leading to its destruction. This comes just days after the same hospital was hit by multiple airstrikes," a security source told SABA news agency.
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced early on 26 March that it responded to Washington's attacks by targeting US warships in the Red Sea.
"In response to the American aggression against our country ... and within the framework of confronting escalation with escalation ... the missile force, the unmanned air force, and the naval forces carried out a joint military operation targeting enemy warships in the Red Sea, led by the US aircraft carrier Truman, from which the aggression against our country is launched," the YAF said.
"The confrontation and clashes continued for several hours," the YAF added. It also announced targeting "military targets of the Israeli enemy in the occupied Jaffa area with a number of drones."
This was the first Yemeni drone attack on Israel since the Gaza ceasefire collapsed, which saw the YAF resume operations against Israeli targets.

The US renewed its campaign of airstrikes on Yemen earlier this month in response to the YAF's decision to reimpose a ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden, coming after Israel's obstruction of the ceasefire in Gaza and its blocking of aid to the strip.

On 15 March, US airstrikes on Sanaa killed at least 51 and injured around 100.

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz claimed on Sunday that US attacks on Yemen have killed key leaders of the Ansarallah movement, which is merged with the YAF. "We've hit their headquarters. We've hit communications nodes, weapons factories, and even some of their over-the-water drone production facilities," Waltz added.

Since Israel renewed its war on Gaza on 18 March, killing over 700 people in a few days, the YAF has launched six ballistic missile attacks targeting Tel Aviv.