Death toll rises to 73 in Houthi strike on Yemen training camp in deadliest attack in months
CAIRO — The death toll from a Houthi missile strike on a government military camp in southern Yemen rose to 73 people, making it the deadliest strike since fighting in the country began escalating three months ago, a senior Yemeni government official said Tuesday. The recruits were all new recruits aged between 18 and 20, and some were still missing a day after the Iranian-backed rebels hit the…
The death toll from a Houthi missile strike on a government military camp in southern Yemen has risen to 73, according to a senior Yemeni government official. This marks the deadliest attack since fighting in the country intensified three months ago. The victims were a group of new recruits, aged between 18 and 20, who were killed when the Iranian-backed rebels targeted the al-Alam training camp in Shabwa province with ballistic missiles.
A day after the attack, some of the missing recruits were still unaccounted for. Shabwa governor Awad Ibn al-Wazir informed The Associated Press about the victims' age range. Monday's strike was part of a recent escalation in Yemen's conflict, which began in July when forces from the internationally recognized government and Saudi-led coalition initiated airstrikes on Houthi-held Sanaa International Airport, breaking a 2022 ceasefire deal that had largely halted active fighting in the civil war.
The Houthis have also launched missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, despite the latter's possession of far superior U.S.-supplied weapons.
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