US and UK forces strike Houthi targets in Yemen

Yemen's Houthi movement said that the port city of Hodeidah and other coastal areas were hit on Monday by a dozen air strikes, which the group attributed to the US-UK coalition that has been launching strikes on Yemen for months.

The strikes were announced on Al Masirah, a Houthi-run television news outlet. The outlet did not specify the targets of the attacks but said that four strikes hit the port of Ras Issa, west of Sanaa.

The Houthis launched a campaign late last year, in which it said it is targeting any shipping vessels heading to or from Israel in the Red Sea, a move the group said was being done in solidarity with the Palestinians under attack in Gaza amid Israel's war on the enclave.

The US and UK responded to this campaign, which had struck a number of vessels and kidnapped one along with its crew, by launching a coalition that has on numerous occasions launched air strikes on mainland Yemen.

Monday's strikes in Yemen come after a Houthi attack on a vessel led to the first civilian fatalities since November. The strikes also come on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.