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Donald Trump shared footage of photo of a controversial air strike that he said targeted dozens of Houthi rebels, though others have argued war crimes were committed....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>
Footage, which appeared to have been shot on a drone, showed some 70 people surrounding one person before a huge explosion rocked the area. The blast sent up a fireball and dark plume of smoke up. When the camera zoomed out, vehicles could be seen close to the remote site. As the smoke cleared, dozens of bodies were seen on the ground alongside a large crater Mr Trump had claimed the group were Houthis who were plotting a terrorist attack. Taking to his social media platform Truth Social, he said: “Oops, there will be no attack by these Houthis. They will never sink our ships again.”
It is not clear when the footage was recorded. There have been some fears from prominent critics that the group could in fact have been a local Eid celebration. Details of military strikes by the US in Yemen were exposed following the publication of messages shared in a private Signal group chat where a journalist was accidentally added.
Members of the Trump administration boasted about the attacks in the group. US national security adviser Mike Waltz said in the group that the Houthis “top missile guy” was killed shortly after he walked into his “girlfriend’s” building.
The incident was a major scandal for the White House with many critics arguing the accidental adding of the journalist showed a high level of incompetence and risked revealing government attack strategies. Defenders argued the messages revealed few such details.
Mr Trump on Monday vowed to continue striking the Houthis until the terrorist group stopped targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea and using the Suez Canal. He said on Truth Social: “The Iran-backed Houthi Terrorists have been decimated by the relentless strikes over the past two weeks. Many of their Fighters and Leaders are no longer with us.
“We hit them every day and night — Harder and harder. Their capabilities that threaten Shipping and the Region are rapidly being destroyed.”
But targets were reported in heavily populated areas in Yemen with civilians believed to be among those who died. Niku Jafarina, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, argued Houthis blocked off “any and all access” to bomb sites and hospitals meaning the full extent of the devastation is unknown.
“There is no question there are civilian casualties,” she told The Guardian. “Residential areas are being hit in the middle of the night, which is a sure-fire way to kill civilians.”
Houthi-run Saba news agency claimed the US had bombed a cancer hospital twice and accused the Trump administration of “full-fledged war crimes by targeting civilians and civilian objects.” The Yemen Data Project, which assesses attacks in the country, also claimed at least 25 civilians, including four children, were killed…CONTINUE READING>>
