U.S. strikes hit Yemen’s Hodeidah region, leaving at least four dead, Houthi media says
*2025-04-01*
The Houthi-run Al-Masirah network said U.S. strikes in Yemen’s Hodeidah region hit a water-management building and killed at least four people, in the latest reported attacks as Washington expands its military presence in the Middle East.
Anees Alasbahi, a spokesman for the Houthi health minister, said three people were confirmed dead after what he described as a U.S. attack on Tuesday night that struck the water-management building in the district of al-Mansouriyah. He said two others were injured, and that the fatalities were mostly employees. Al-Masirah later reported that the death toll had risen to four.
The report said the strikes were part of a wider set of attacks across western and northern Yemen. Local media also reported strikes in the Hajjah region in the northwest and in Saada in the north. The Al Jazeera report said there were no immediate reports of casualties from attacks reported the previous night in those areas.
The United States had not confirmed the strikes at the time of the report. That distinction matters because the initial account comes from Houthi authorities and Houthi media, which are the only sources cited for the reported deaths in Hodeidah. The article also notes that Al-Masirah had earlier reported multiple U.S. attacks on Saada and Sanaa.
The latest reports came as the Pentagon announced it would deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East and send additional military aircraft. The USS Carl Vinson is due to join the USS Harry Truman, which is already stationed in the Red Sea, according to the Pentagon statement cited by Al Jazeera.
That buildup comes after President Donald Trump said strikes on Houthi fighters would continue until they were no longer a threat to shipping. The same report said at least four B-2 bombers had relocated to Diego Garcia, a U.S.-British military base in the Indian Ocean that is within striking distance of Yemen and Iran, according to U.S. officials quoted anonymously by Reuters.
The Houthi movement has linked its campaign to the wider regional war, saying it would renew attacks on Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea in response to Israel’s breach of the Gaza ceasefire. The Al Jazeera report said more than 60 people had been killed in Yemen since Washington launched its military offensive on March 15.
The reported casualty toll in Hodeidah also fits a broader pattern of contested battlefield claims in Yemen, where early figures often come from local authorities and are revised as rescue crews and hospitals tally the dead and injured. In this case, the supplied evidence does not show an American confirmation, so the Houthi account remains the basis for the casualty total.
For now, the clearest verified picture is narrow: Houthi authorities say a water-management facility in al-Mansouriyah was struck, at least four people were killed, and the Pentagon is moving more carrier power into the region. The report also places the Yemen strikes within an escalating cycle of attacks and counterattacks across the Red Sea theater.
