After Months of Denials, Pentagon Says US Killed and Wounded Hundreds of Civilians in 2025 Yemen Airstrikes

The US Department of Defense had initially denied that any civilians were killed in its operations in Yemen.

Image: People inspect a building targeted by the United States aerial attacks on March 20, 2025, in Sana’a, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

 

Brad Reed of Common Dreams reports: “An internal review conducted by the US Department of Defense found that US airstrikes in Yemen last year killed and wounded hundreds of civilians.

As reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday, the Pentagon review estimated that US strikes killed more than 150 Yemeni civilians while wounding nearly 250 others.

The strikes were carried out as part of an operation authorized by President Donald Trump targeting Houthi rebels, who were suspected of launching attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea…”

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