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The United States Air Force conducted airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. These strikes resulted in the deaths of at least 31 people and injured more than 100, including children among the victims.

US vows continued military action to protect shipping routes, launches major strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels as tensions escalate

The Iranian-backed rebels, who have targeted Israel and shipping in the Red Sea, said children were among those killed in the strikes ordered by President Trump.

The US has launched a "decisive and powerful" wave of air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, President Donald Trump has said, citing the group's attacks on shipping in the Red Sea as the reason.

The Houthis initially said they launched 18 missiles and a drone at the “aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships” in the Red Sea, before hours later claiming to have fired a second round.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim to have launched 18 ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in a retaliatory attack. The attacks come just one day after US President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on the group's stronghold territories in Yemen.