The boxes of people were killed on Monday in an attack that hit a migrants installation in an area of Northern Yemen controlled by the Houthi militia, according to the group and the help officials.
The Hutí militia, which is backed by Iran, said that an American strike hit what the group called a migrant center in Saada, killing at least 68 African migrants.
An official of the United States Department of Defense said the central command was “aware of the statements of civil casualties related to US strikes in Yemen, and we took those statements very seriously.” The official said he was carrying out an evaluation of damage and an investigation into the statements of the hutis.
The attack occurred hours after the United States Army said the US forces had carried out more than 800 strikes in Yemen since mid -March in a campaign against the hutis. He said the campaign went to “multiple command and control facilities, air defense systems, advanced weapons manufacturing facilities and advanced arms storage locations,” but did not mention civil casualties.
Houthi officials have said that more than 100 civilians have died and condemned the last strike as an “atrocious crime against African migrants.”
The Hutis and the American army have made competitive statements about who was responsible for civil deaths on recent strikes. Last week, a spokesman for the US Central Command. Uu. He said an explosion on April 20 who killed 12 people in the Yemeni capital that had caused a leg caused by a false Houthi missile, not an American strike like the hutis had claimed.
On Monday, the graphic images transmitted by the Al-Masirah news channel controlled by Houthi showed scattered bodies in the mid-debris in Saada. In addition to the boxes that were killed, at least 40 migrants were injured, according to two Aymen assistance officials who spoke on anonymity while verified the circumstances of the attack further.
The United Nations said that he was deeply alarmed by the reports of an air attack at the Migrant Center, and added that he had received reports from colleagues that hospitals in Saada were being rejected for their limited capacity.
“Two nearby hospitals have already received more than 50 people injured, many of them critical wounds,” said Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary General. “These numbers could increase as search and rescue efforts continue, which are being led by first -line responders.”
The Hutíes said that the Migrant Center was operating under the supervision of the International Organization for Migration and the International Committee of the Red Cross, an affirmation that both organizations denied.
The international migration organization said it was not operating in the installation, but was monitoring the situation and was “ready to support support as necessary.”
The International Red Cross Committee said that it did not run or supervise the installation, but that the Red Cross and the Crescent Society of Yemen Red were working to evacuate the injured to the nearby hospitals.
Every year, tens of thousands or African migrants try the dangerous trip through the narrow narrow that separates the Africa horn from the Arabian peninsula, hoping to reach the rich states of the Gulf in the north of Yemen. Almost 60,900 migrants have reached Yemen only in 2024, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Yemen’s continuous conflict and political instability have made it an increasingly dangerous destination for migrants. African migrants face exploitation, abuse and sexual exploitation, agree for help groups.
Around the last year, the hutis have launched rockets and drones in Israel and went to ships in the Red Sea, saying that their actions are supportive with the Palestinians in Gaza.
The United States intensified a bombing campaign against the hutis as of March 15, under the orders of President Trump, who has promised to continue military operations until the hutis no longer represents a threat.
On Monday, the Military Representative of Los Hutíes, Yahya Sari, promised in a televised statement to continue attacking in the Red Sea.
Abdi Latif Dahir Nairobi contributed reports, Kenya.
