153 civilians killed in US strikes on Houthis last year: Pentagon review
The unclassified assessment, submitted to Congress, focused on three strikes in April 2025 during a campaign to secure Red Sea trade routes
A Pentagon review has confirmed that US airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen killed 153 civilians and injured 243 others last year.
The unclassified assessment, submitted to Congress, focused on three strikes in April 2025 during a campaign to secure Red Sea trade routes.
The deadliest strike occurred at the Ras Isa port, killing 80 people and injuring 171.
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Attacks also targeted sites near the rebel-held capital, Sanaa.
While US Central Command maintained the operations were intended to eliminate Houthi revenue and fuel sources rather than harm the Yemeni people, the review concluded the strikes "more likely than not" resulted in civilian harm.
The report follows mounting scrutiny of civilian casualties under the Trump administration, including an earlier strike on an Iranian primary school that killed 168 people.
Reports indicate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reduced the department's office for mitigating civilian harm.
The findings come as intensified Houthi attacks on Saudi oil facilities and Yemeni forces threaten to collapse the 2022 truce and reignite the civil war.
