International Desk : US and British forces launched 73 strikes on Yemen, killing 5 of its fighters, said the Yemeni Houthi group on Friday.

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The group’s military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said "the American-British enemy, in the context of its support for the continuation of the Israeli crimes in Gaza, launched a brutal aggression against Yemen with 73 strikes."

Saree said the raids targeted "the capital Sanaa and the governorates of Hodeidah, Taiz, Hajjah, and Saada."

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These attacks led to the death of 5 Houthi fighters and the injury of 6 others, the spokesman added.

The US and UK carried out missile strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen Thursday night.

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The strikes targeted multiple Houthi sites in Yemeni cities controlled by the Iranian-backed group and followed a string of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea on Israeli-bound vessels.

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