30 May 2024 Yemen strikes

30 May 2024 Yemen strikes
Part of the 2024 missile strikes in Yemen amidst the Red Sea crisis and spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
Date30–31 May 2024[1]
Location
Result 13 Houthi targets struck
Belligerents
 United States Navy
 Royal Air Force

 Republic of Yemen Armed Forces (SPC)

 Yemeni Navy (SPC)
Commanders and leaders
United States Joe Biden
United States Lloyd Austin
United Kingdom Rishi Sunak
United Kingdom Grant Shapps
Houthi movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
Casualties and losses
None

  Over a dozen killed[2]

  •   9 naval force members
  42 wounded[3]
16 killed in total, including civilians (per Houthis)

On 30 May 2024, the United States and United Kingdom conducted a joint set of airstrikes in Sanaa and Hodeidah, Yemen, killing 16 people and injuring 42.[4][5] The United States and United Kingdom claimed that the strikes were targeting members of the Houthi rebel group; however, the Houthis claimed all those killed or injured in the strikes were civilians.[6]

  1. ^ "Yemen rebels threaten 'escalation' as US, UK strikes said to kill 16". France 24. 2024-05-31. Archived from the original on 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  2. ^ "Yemen's Houthis bury militants killed in US, UK strikes". Al Arabiya. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Houthis launch second wave of attacks on Red Sea vessels after deadly British-US airstrikes". Arab News. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024. The militia acknowledged that the joint British-US airstrikes killed at least 16 people and wounded 42 of its fighters.
  4. ^ "Red Sea tensions: Yemen's Houthis 'attack' US carrier after deadly strikes". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  5. ^ Press, The Associated (2024-05-31). "U.S. and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  6. ^ "UK and US strike Houthi targets in Yemen after rise in shipping attacks". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2024-06-01. Retrieved 2024-05-31.

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