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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samy Magdy

The death toll in Yemen prison airstrike rises to 23 with 7 still missing, Houthi rebels say

Middle East Yemen Houthis Explainer - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Rescuers in Yemen pulled more bodies from the rubble Wednesday of a prison run by Iran-backed Houthi rebels that was hit in a deadly airstrike earlier this week, as an escalation between the rebels and a Saudi-led coalition threatened Yemen's fragile ceasefire.

The renewed fighting is also threatening global oil shipments as the Houthis target shipping and oil infrastructure that’s helping keep oil flowing through the Red Sea while the U.S.-Iran war has throttled shipments through the key Strait of Hormuz on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula.

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