The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the airstrike took place on the night of April 17 to cut off fuel and financial supplies to the Houthi forces - a group backed by Iran that controls much of Yemen.
CENTCOM said the goal was to undermine the Houthis' economic strength, who have been accused of exploiting domestic resources for military purposes, causing losses to the people of Yemen.
According to France24, since March 15, the US military has carried out almost every day on Houthi's goals. The latest attack is thought to respond to the threat of this force about the resumption of missile and unmanned aircraft attacks into international maritime routes in Hong Hai and Aden Bay, after Israel restores blockade and conducts military campaigns on the Gaza Strip from March 18.
In the video released by Al- Masirah, a TV channel operated by the Houthi, broadcast on the morning of April 18, a fireball exploded offshore, with black smoke rising dense from the scene.
The image shows the victims lying on a stretcher, many people were severely burned. A worker working at the port recounted: "We ran away. The airstrikes came one after another, then everything sank in fire."
The US has accused ships of continuing to fuel the Houthi forces through Ras Issa port, despite the force being listed as a foreign terrorist organization this year.
Tensions in Yemen deepened when the Israeli military announced it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen into the country on the same day.
Meanwhile, France said a guards ship in the Red Sea destroyed a drone departing from Yemen. The French Defense Minister stressed that their armed forces will continue to commit to ensuring freedom of navigation in the region.
President Donald Trump has pledged to continue military action until the Houthis are no longer a threat to international maritime transportation.
