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  • Trak penumpang jatuh gaung di selatan Pakistan, mengorbankan sekurang-kurangnya 13

    MULTAN, Pakistan – Sebuah trak dipandu laju membawa buruh, wanita dan kanak-kanak terjatuh ke dalam gaung di selatan Pakistan, mengorbankan sekurang-kurangnya 13 orang dan mencederakan 20 yang lain, kata polis pada Selasa.

    Kemalangan jalan raya itu berlaku semalaman di daerah Jamshoro di selatan wilayah Sindh, kata ketua polis bandar Saddique Changra kepada pemberita.

    Pegawai hospital berkata sesetengah mangsa yang cedera berada dalam keadaan kritikal.

    Menurut media tempatan, kemalangan itu berlaku ketika berpuluh-puluh buruh dalam perjalanan pulang ke rumah mereka di daerah Badin Sindh selepas menuai gandum di wilayah barat daya Balochistan.

    Kemalangan jalan raya adalah perkara biasa di Pakistan, di mana lebuh raya dan jalan raya tidak diselenggara dengan baik dan undang-undang jalan raya diabaikan secara meluas.

    AP

  • Passenger truck falls into a ravine in southern Pakistan, killing at least 13

    MULTAN, Pakistan – A speeding truck carrying laborers, women and children fell into a ravine in southern Pakistan, killing at least 13 people and injuring 20 others, police said Tuesday.

    The road accident occurred overnight in Jamshoro district in southern Sindh province, city police chief Saddique Changra told reporters.

    Hospital officials said some of the injured were in critical condition.

    According to local media, the accident happened as dozens of laborers were returning to their homes in Sindh’s Badin district after harvesting wheat in the southwestern province of Balochistan.

    Road accidents are common in Pakistan, where highways and roads are poorly maintained and traffic laws are widely ignored.

    AP

  • Rempuhan trak mengorbankan 5, mencederakan 13 di utara Nigeria

    ABUJA – Sebuah trak terlebih laju merempuh orang ramai yang mengadakan perarakan Easter awal Isnin, mengorbankan lima dan mencederakan 13 yang lain selepas kegagalan brek di negeri Gombe di utara Nigeria, kata polis trafik.

    Samson Kaura, komander sektor Kor Keselamatan Jalan Raya Persekutuan di negeri Gombe, memberitahu pemberita, trak itu yang sarat dengan bijirin, hilang kawalan semasa dipandu terlalu laju di Tashan Gona, sebuah pekan di kawasan kerajaan tempatan Billiri.

    Selepas siasatan awal, pemandu trak itu telah ditangkap dan diserahkan kepada polis konvensional atas tuduhan yang mendekati dengan “pelanggaran kelajuan,” kata Kaura.

    Kemalangan jalan raya yang membawa maut sering dilaporkan di Nigeria, selalunya disebabkan oleh muatan berlebihan, keadaan jalan buruk dan pemanduan melulu.

    XINHUA

  • Lone truck crash kills 5, injures 13 in north Nigeria

    ABUJA – An overspeeding truck crashed into a crowd of people holding an Easter procession early Monday, killing five and injuring 13 others after a brake failure in Nigeria’s northern state of Gombe, the traffic police said.

    Samson Kaura, sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Gombe state, told reporters that the truck, loaded with grains, lost control while overspeeding at Tashan Gona, a town in the Billiri local government area.

    After a preliminary investigation, the truck driver was arrested and turned over to the conventional police on charges bordering on “speed violation,” Kaura said.

    Deadly road accidents are frequently reported in Nigeria, often caused by overloading, poor road conditions and reckless driving.

    XINHUA

  • Nearly 600 children killed, 1,600 injured in renewed Israeli assault on Gaza: UN agency

    ISTANBUL – Nearly 600 children have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since last month, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday.

    Citing figures released by the UN children’s agency (UNICEF), UNRWA said that over 1,600 other children have also been injured since Israel resumed its assaults on March 18.

    “The humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is now likely at its worst point since October 2023,” it added.

    The Israeli army resumed its deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip on March 18 and has since killed 1,864 people and injured nearly 4,900 others despite a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.

    More than 51,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in a brutal Israeli onslaught since October 2023, most of them women and children.

    Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

    Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

    ANADOLU, 21.4.2025

  • Hampir 600 kanak-kanak terbunuh, 1,600 cedera dalam serangan baharu Israel ke atas Gaza: agensi PBB

    ISTANBUL – Hampir 600 kanak-kanak terbunuh dalam serangan Israel di Semenanjung Gaza sejak bulan lalu, kata agensi PBB untuk pelarian Palestin (UNRWA) pada Isnin.

    Memetik angka dikeluarkan oleh agensi kanak-kanak PBB (UNICEF), UNRWA berkata lebih 1,600 kanak-kanak lain turut cedera sejak Israel meneruskan serangannya pada 18 Mac.

    “Krisis kemanusiaan di Semenanjung Gaza kini berkemungkinan berada pada tahap paling teruk sejak Oktober 2023,” tambahnya.

    Tentera Israel meneruskan serangan mautnya di Semenanjung Gaza pada 18 Mac dan sejak itu telah membunuh 1,864 orang dan mencederakan hampir 4,900 yang lain walaupun perjanjian gencatan senjata dan pertukaran tahanan berlaku pada Januari.

    Lebih 51,200 rakyat Palestin telah terbunuh di Gaza dalam serangan kejam Israel sejak Oktober 2023, kebanyakannya wanita dan kanak-kanak.

    November lalu, Mahkamah Jenayah Antarabangsa (ICC) mengeluarkan waran tangkap untuk Perdana Menteri Israel Benjamin Netanyahu dan bekas Menteri Pertahanannya Yoav Gallant kerana jenayah perang dan jenayah kemanusiaan di Gaza.

    Israel juga menghadapi kes genosid di Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa (ICJ) kerana perangnya terhadap kawasan itu.

    ANADOLU, 21.4.2025

  • Six people drowned in boat accident in central China

    CHANGSHA – Six people drowned in a boat accident on Monday in Pingjiang County, central China’s Hunan Province, local authorities said.

    At around 5:30 p.m., a boat carrying six villagers capsized in the waters of Doutang Village, along the Changjiang River in Pingjiang.

    Local police rushed to the scene and coordinated with rescue forces to carry out search and rescue operations.

    As of 9:05 p.m., all six bodies had been recovered. The cause of the accident is currently under investigation.

    XINHUA

  • Enam lemas dalam kemalangan bot di tengah China

    CHANGSHA – Enam orang mati lemas dalam kemalangan bot pada Isnin di daerah Pingjiang, wilayah Hunan tengah China, kata pihak berkuasa tempatan.

    Sekitar jam 5:30 petang, sebuah bot yang membawa enam penduduk kampung terbalik di perairan Kampung Doutang, di Sungai Changjiang di Pingjiang.

    Polis tempatan bergegas ke tempat kejadian dan berkoordinasi dengan pasukan penyelamat untuk menjalankan operasi mencari dan menyelamat.

    Sehingga 9:05 malam, semua enam mayat telah ditemui. Punca kemalangan itu kini dalam siasatan.

    XINHUA

  • Harvard University sues Trump administration over funding freeze

    WASHINGTON – Harvard University said Monday that it has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration’s funding freeze, calling the action “unlawful and beyond the government’s authority.”

    In a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the university said that this case involves “the government’s efforts to use the withholding of federal funding as leverage to gain control of academic decision making at Harvard.”

    XINHUA

  • Universiti Harvard saman pentadbiran Trump kerana beku pembiayaan

    WASHINGTON – Universiti Harvard berkata pada Isnin, ia memfailkan saman persekutuan terhadap pembekuan pembiayaan pentadbiran Trump, menyifatkan tindakan itu “melanggar undang-undang dan di luar kuasa kerajaan”.

    Dalam tuntutan mahkamah yang difailkan di Mahkamah Daerah Amerika Syarikat untuk Daerah Massachusetts, universiti itu berkata bahawa kes ini melibatkan “usaha kerajaan untuk menggunakan penahanan pembiayaan persekutuan sebagai leverage untuk mendapatkan kawalan dalam membuat keputusan akademik di Harvard.”

    XINHUA

  • Angka kematian disyaki serangan pengembala di Nigeria meningkat kepada 72

    ABUJA – Angka kematian serangan baru-baru ini disyaki oleh pengembala bersenjata di negeri tengah Nigeria di Benue meningkat kepada 72, kata pihak berkuasa tempatan pada Isnin.

    Serangan maut itu berlaku dalam komuniti di kawasan kerajaan tempatan Ukum di negeri itu antara Khamis dan Jumaat.

    Pihak berkuasa tempatan berkata pada Sabtu sekurang-kurangnya 56 orang terbunuh semasa serangan itu.

    Lebih ramai mangsa disahkan pada Isnin, ketika agensi keselamatan tempatan dan sukarelawan terus menyisir semak berhampiran, Isaac Uzaan, jurucakap kerajaan, memberitahu media.

    Hyacinth Alia, gabenor Benue, sebelum ini menggesa tindakan segera diambil bagi menghentikan serangan dahsyat yang terus melanda masyarakat tempatan di negeri itu.

    XINHUA

  • Death toll of suspected herders attacks in Nigeria rises to 72

    ABUJA – The death toll of recent attacks by suspected armed herders in Nigeria’s central state of Benue has risen to 72, local authorities said on Monday.

    The deadly attacks happened in communities in the Ukum local government area of the state between Thursday and Friday night.

    Local authorities said on Saturday that at least 56 people were killed during the attacks.

    More victims were confirmed on Monday, as local security agencies and volunteers continued to comb nearby bushes, Isaac Uzaan, a government spokesman, told the media.

    Hyacinth Alia, governor of Benue, has earlier called for urgent action to be taken to halt the horrendous attacks that have continued to plague local communities in the state.

    XINHUA

  • Sekurang-kurangnya 5 maut dalam serangan bersenjata di bandar pantai Ecuador

    QUITO – Sekurang-kurangnya lima orang maut dan enam lagi cedera dalam serangan bersenjata malam Ahad di bandar pantai Manta di barat Ecuador, kata polis tempatan pada Isnin.

    Serangan berlaku sekitar jam 11 malam Ahad waktu tempatan apabila lelaki bersenjatakan senapang dan pistol melepaskan tembakan ke arah sebuah rumah tempat perhimpunan keluarga sedang berlangsung di Manta, di wilayah barat Manabi.

    Jose Erazo, ketua polis Manta, memberitahu akhbar tempatan bahawa mangsa maut adalah empat lelaki dan seorang kanak-kanak perempuan berusia lapan tahun.

    “Salah seorang yang maut ialah warga Colombia yang mempunyai rekod jenayah di negara jiran,” kata Erazo.

    Erazo berkata video daripada kamera keselamatan menunjukkan bahawa sekurang-kurangnya enam penyerang menaiki dua kenderaan dan sebuah motosikal memasuki kompleks perumahan itu, dan mencadangkan bahawa serangan itu mungkin disebabkan pertikaian antara dua organisasi jenayah.

    Manabi adalah salah satu wilayah paling ganas di Ecuador, menurut polis, yang mengaitkan keganasan itu dengan kehadiran kumpulan penjenayah yang bersaing menguasai wilayah untuk aktiviti haram.

    XINHUA

  • At least 5 dead in armed attack in Ecuador’s coastal city

    QUITO – At least five people died and six others were injured in an armed attack Sunday night in west Ecuador’s coastal city of Manta, local police said Monday.

    The attack occurred around 11 p.m. Sunday local time when men armed with rifles and handguns fired at a home where a family gathering was taking place in Manta, in the western province of Manabi.

    Jose Erazo, head of Manta police, told the local press that the deceased were four men and an eight-year-old girl.

    “One of the dead was a Colombian national who had a criminal record in the neighboring country,” Erazo said.

    Erazo said videos from security cameras showed that at least six attackers aboard two vehicles and a motorcycle entered the housing complex, and suggested that the attack could be due to a dispute between two criminal organizations.

    Manabi is one of the most violent provinces in Ecuador, according to police, who attribute the violence to the presence of criminal gangs vying for control of territories for illicit activities.

    XINHUA

  • Sudan’s paramilitaries kill over 30 in a fresh attack on a Darfur city, activists say

    CAIRO – Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group attacked a city in the western Darfur region, killing more than 30 people, an activist group said, in the latest deadly offensive on an area that is home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

    The Rapid Support Forces and allied militias launched an offensive on el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, on Sunday, the Resistance Committees in the city said. Dozens of other people were wounded in the attack, said the group, which tracks the war.

    There was no immediate comment from the RSF.

    El-Fasher, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) southwest of the capital, Khartoum, is under the control of the military, which has fought the RSF since Sudan descended into civil war more than two years ago, killing more than than 24,000 people, according to the United Nations, though activists say the number is likely far higher.

    The RSF has been attempting to seize el-Fasher for a year to complete its control of the entire Darfur region. Since then, it has launched many attacks on the city and two major famine-hit camps for displaced people on its outskirts.

    The city is now estimated to be home to more than 1 million people, many of whom have been displaced by the ongoing war and previous bouts of violence in Darfur. The RSF grew out of the notorious Janjaweed militias, mobilized two decades ago by then-president Omar al-Bashir against populations that identify as Central or East African in Darfur. The Janjaweed were accused of mass killings, rapes and other atrocities.

    The attacks on el-Fasher have intensified in recent months as the RSF suffered battlefield setbacks in Khartoum and other urban areas in the county’s east and center.

    Sunday’s attack came less than a week after a two-day attack by the RSF and its allied militias on the city and the Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps killed more than 400 people, according to the United Nations.

    Last week’s attack forced up to 400,000 people to flee the Zamzam camp, Sudan’s largest, which has become inaccessible to aid workers, said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

    AP

  • Pasukan separa tentera Sudan bunuh lebih 30 dalam serangan baru ke atas bandar Darfur, kata aktivis

    KAHERAH – Kumpulan separa tentera Sudan yang terkenal dengan keganasan menyerang sebuah bandar di wilayah barat Darfur, membunuh lebih 30 orang, kata sebuah kumpulan aktivis, dalam serangan maut terbaharu di kawasan yang menempatkan ratusan ribu orang kehilangan tempat tinggal.

    Pasukan Sokongan Pantas (RSF) dan militia bersekutu melancarkan serangan ke atas el-Fasher, ibu kota wilayah Darfur Utara, pada Ahad, kata Jawatankuasa Penentangan di bandar itu. Berpuluh-puluh orang lain cedera dalam serangan itu, kata kumpulan itu, yang menjejaki perang.

    Tiada ulasan segera daripada RSF.

    El-Fasher, lebih 800 kilometer (500 batu) di barat daya ibu negara, Khartoum, berada di bawah kawalan tentera, yang telah memerangi RSF sejak Sudan terlibat dalam perang saudara lebih dua tahun lalu, membunuh lebih daripada 24,000 orang, menurut Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB), walaupun aktivis berkata jumlah itu mungkin jauh lebih tinggi.

    RSF telah cuba merampas el-Fasher selama setahun untuk melengkapkan kawalannya ke atas seluruh wilayah Darfur. Sejak itu, ia telah melancarkan banyak serangan ke atas bandar itu dan dua kem utama yang dilanda kebuluran untuk orang yang kehilangan tempat tinggal di pinggirnya.

    Bandar itu kini dianggarkan menjadi rumah kepada lebih 1 juta orang, kebanyakannya telah kehilangan tempat tinggal akibat perang yang berterusan dan serangan keganasan sebelum ini di Darfur. RSF berkembang daripada militia Janjaweed yang terkenal, digerakkan dua dekad lalu oleh presiden ketika itu Omar al-Bashir menentang populasi yang dikenali sebagai Afrika Tengah atau Timur di Darfur. Janjaweed dituduh melakukan pembunuhan besar-besaran, rogol dan kekejaman lain.

    Serangan ke atas el-Fasher telah meningkat dalam beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini apabila RSF mengalami kemunduran medan perang di Khartoum dan kawasan bandar lain di timur dan tengah daerah itu.

    Serangan Ahad berlaku kurang seminggu selepas serangan dua hari oleh RSF dan militia sekutunya ke atas bandar itu dan kem Zamzam dan Abu Shouk membunuh lebih 400 orang, menurut PBB.

    Serangan minggu lalu memaksa sehingga 400,000 orang meninggalkan kem Zamzam, kem terbesar di Sudan, yang tidak dapat diakses oleh pekerja bantuan, kata jurucakap PBB Stephane Dujarric.

    AP

  • Russian attacks during Easter ceasefire declared by Putin killed 3 in Ukraine’s Kherson region

    KYIV, Ukraine – Russian attacks during the 30-hour Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by President Vladimir Putin over the weekend killed three people in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, a regional official said Monday.

    Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of Kherson’s administration, wrote on Telegram that the casualties occurred over the last 24 hours, adding that three others were wounded in the region, parts of which are occupied by Russia.

    After Putin declared the move on Saturday, Ukraine responded by voicing readiness to reciprocate any genuine ceasefire but said the Russian attacks continued. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia violated the ceasefire more than 2,900 times.

    Zelenskyy said that Russian forces carried out 96 assault operations along the front line, shelled Ukrainian positions more than 1,800 times and used hundreds of drones during the course of the ceasefire. “The nature of Ukrainian actions will continue to be mirror-like: we will respond to silence with silence, and our blows will be a defense against Russian blows. Actions always speak louder than words,” he said.

    The Russian Defense Ministry, for its part, listed 4,900 Ukrainian violations of the ceasefire. It charged that Moscow’s forces “strictly observed the ceasefire and remained at previously occupied lines and positions.”

    Speaking Monday, Putin said that the fighting resumed after the ceasefire expired at midnight (2100 GMT). Commenting on Zelenskyy’s call for a comprehensive 30-day ceasefire or, at least, a halt on strikes on civilian facilities, the Russian leader noted that Kyiv was trying to “seize the initiative,” adding that “we must think about it, carefully assess everything and look at the results of the ceasefire.”

    Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that Russia would inform “all the interested parties” about the Ukrainian violations of the ceasefire.

    Peskov said that Russia “remains open to searching for a peaceful settlement and is continuing to work with the American side,” adding that “we certainly hope that this work will produce results.”

    Overnight into Monday, the Russian forces fired three missiles at Ukraine’s southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, as well as 96 Shahed drones targeting other parts of the country, Ukraine’s Air Force reported. It said it downed 42 drones, while 47 others were jammed mid-flight.

    In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian drones sparked a fire at an “outbuilding” and a “food enterprise,” regional administration head Serhii Lysak wrote on Telegram. No one was injured in the attack, he said. An unspecified infrastructure object was damaged in the Cherkasy region overnight, regional head Ihor Taburets said on Telegram.

    Four civilians also sustained injuries in the partially occupied Donetsk region, according to regional head Vadym Filashkin, who said that the Russian forces shelled settlements in the region five times over the last 24 hours.

    AP

  • Serangan Rusia semasa gencatan senjata Easter diisytiharkan Putin membunuh 3 di wilayah Kherson Ukraine

    KYIV, Ukraine – Serangan Rusia semasa gencatan senjata Easter selama 30 jam diisytiharkan secara unilateral oleh Presiden Vladimir Putin pada hujung minggu lalu mengorbankan tiga orang di wilayah Kherson selatan Ukraine, kata seorang pegawai wilayah pada Isnin.

    Oleksandr Prokudin, ketua pentadbiran Kherson, menulis di Telegram, mangsa yang terkorban berlaku dalam tempoh 24 jam lalu, sambil menambah bahawa tiga yang lain cedera di wilayah itu, yang bahagiannya diduduki oleh Rusia.

    Selepas Putin mengisytiharkan tindakan itu pada Sabtu, Ukraine bertindak balas dengan menyuarakan kesediaan untuk membalas sebarang gencatan senjata yang tulen tetapi berkata serangan Rusia berterusan.
    Presiden Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy berkata Rusia melanggar gencatan senjata lebih daripada 2,900 kali.

    Zelenskyy berkata tentera Rusia melakukan 96 operasi serangan di sepanjang barisan hadapan, membedil kedudukan Ukraine lebih daripada 1,800 kali dan menggunakan ratusan dron semasa gencatan senjata. “Sifat tindakan Ukraine akan terus seperti cermin: kami akan bertindak balas terhadap senyap dengan senyap, dan pukulan kami akan menjadi pertahanan terhadap pukulan Rusia. Tindakan sentiasa bercakap lebih kuat daripada perkataan,” katanya.

    Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia, bagi pihaknya, menyenaraikan 4,900 pelanggaran gencatan senjata oleh Ukraine. Ia mendakwa bahawa tentera Moscow “memerhatikan gencatan senjata dengan ketat dan kekal di barisan dan kedudukan yang diduduki sebelum ini”.

    Bercakap pada Isnin, Putin berkata bahawa pertempuran disambung semula selepas gencatan senjata tamat pada tengah malam (2100 GMT). Mengulas mengenai gesaan Zelenskyy untuk gencatan senjata 30 hari yang komprehensif atau, sekurang-kurangnya, penghentian serangan ke atas kemudahan awam, pemimpin Rusia itu menyatakan bahawa Kyiv cuba “merebut inisiatif itu,” sambil menambah bahawa “kita mesti memikirkannya, menilai segala-galanya dengan teliti dan melihat hasil gencatan senjata.”

    Jurucakap Kremlin Dmitry Peskov memberitahu pemberita pada Isnin bahawa Rusia akan memaklumkan “semua pihak yang berkepentingan” mengenai pelanggaran gencatan senjata oleh Ukraine.

    Peskov berkata bahawa Rusia “tetap terbuka untuk mencari penyelesaian yang aman dan terus bekerjasama dengan pihak Amerika,” sambil menambah bahawa “kami pastinya berharap kerja ini akan membuahkan hasil.”

    Semalaman hingga Isnin, tentera Rusia melepaskan tiga peluru berpandu ke wilayah selatan Ukraine di wilayah Kherson dan Mykolaiv, serta 96 dron Shahed menyasarkan bahagian lain negara itu, lapor Tentera Udara Ukraine. Ia berkata ia telah menjatuhkan 42 dron, manakala 47 lagi tersekat di tengah-tengah penerbangan.

    Di wilayah Dnipropetrovsk, dron Rusia mencetuskan kebakaran di “luar bangunan” dan “perusahaan makanan,” tulis ketua pentadbiran wilayah Serhii Lysak di Telegram.
    Tiada siapa yang cedera dalam serangan itu, katanya.

    Objek infrastruktur yang tidak ditentukan telah rosak di wilayah Cherkasy semalaman, kata ketua wilayah Ihor Taburets di Telegram.

    Empat orang awam turut mengalami kecederaan di wilayah Donetsk yang sebahagiannya diduduki, menurut ketua wilayah Vadym Filashkin, yang berkata bahawa tentera Rusia membedil penempatan di wilayah itu lima kali dalam tempoh 24 jam lalu.

    AP

  • Yemen’s Houthis claim fresh attacks at Israel, U.S. aircraft carriers

    SANAA – Yemen’s Houthi group said on Monday that it had launched fresh attacks at two Israeli targets and two U.S. aircraft carriers, using drones and cruise missiles.

    “We launched a drone attack at a vital target in the city of Ashkelon and another drone attack at a military target in the city of Eilat,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in the statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.

    He didn’t identify the names of the targets in both cities in southern Israel.

    “As part of confronting the American aggression … we targeted the aircraft carrier Truman and its escorting warships in the northern Red Sea, using two cruise missiles and two drones,” Sarea said, referring to the USS S. Harry Truman.

    “We also targeted the aircraft carrier Vinson (the USS Carl Vinson) and its escorting warships in the Arabian Sea, using three cruise missiles and four drones,” he said.

    Sarea reaffirmed that the group’s attacks “will continue” against Israel and the U.S. naval forces in the region.

    According to the Houthi television, the attacks against Israel and the U.S. warships were carried out in the past 24 hours.

    The Israeli defense forces have yet to comment on the Houthi claim, nor the U.S. military.

    Meanwhile, the U.S. airstrikes in Yemen have been continuing. Early in the day, the Houthi television said the death toll from U.S. airstrikes on Sunday night against a popular market in the Shu’ub neighborhood in central Yemen’s capital Sanaa rose to 12, with 30 other “civilians” wounded.

    Also on Sunday night, the Houthi television reported other U.S. airstrikes on several Houthi locations in the northern provinces of Al-Mahwit, Saada, and Marib.

    Tensions between the Houthi group and the U.S. military have escalated since Washington resumed airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on March 15 to deter the group from targeting Israel and U.S. warships.

    XINHUA

  • Houthi Yaman dakwa serangan baru ke atas Israel, kapal pengangkut pesawat AS

    SANAA – Kumpulan Houthi Yaman berkata pada Isnin, ia melancarkan serangan baru ke atas dua sasaran Israel dan dua kapal pengangkut pesawat AS, menggunakan dron dan peluru berpandu jelajah.

    “Kami melancarkan serangan dron ke sasaran penting di bandar Ashkelon dan satu lagi serangan dron ke sasaran tentera di bandar Eilat,” kata jurucakap tentera Houthi Yahya Sarea dalam kenyataan disiarkan TV al-Masirah kendalian Houthi.

    Dia tidak mengenal pasti nama sasaran di kedua-dua bandar di selatan Israel.

    “Sebagai sebahagian daripada menghadapi pencerobohan Amerika… kami menyasarkan kapal pengangkut pesawat Truman dan kapal perang pengiringnya di utara Laut Merah, menggunakan dua peluru berpandu jelajah dan dua dron,” kata Sarea, merujuk kepada USS S Harry Truman.

    “Kami juga menyasarkan kapal pengangkut pesawat Vinson (USS Carl Vinson) dan kapal perang pengiringnya di Laut Arab, menggunakan tiga peluru berpandu jelajah dan empat dron,” katanya.

    Sarea menegaskan serangan kumpulan itu “akan berterusan” terhadap Israel dan tentera laut AS di rantau ini.

    Menurut televisyen Houthi, serangan terhadap Israel dan kapal perang AS dilakukan dalam tempoh 24 jam lalu.

    Pasukan pertahanan Israel masih belum mengulas mengenai dakwaan Houthi, begitu juga tentera AS.

    Sementara itu, serangan udara AS di Yaman berterusan. Pada awal hari, televisyen Houthi berkata angka kematian akibat serangan udara AS pada malam Ahad terhadap pasar popular di kejiranan Shu’ub di tengah ibu kota Yaman, Sanaa meningkat kepada 12, dengan 30 “orang awam” lain cedera.

    Juga pada malam Ahad, televisyen Houthi melaporkan serangan udara AS yang lain di beberapa lokasi Houthi di wilayah utara Al-Mahwit, Saada, dan Marib.

    Ketegangan antara kumpulan Houthi dan tentera AS semakin memuncak sejak Washington meneruskan serangan udara ke atas sasaran Houthi di Yaman pada 15 Mac untuk menghalang kumpulan itu daripada menyasarkan kapal perang Israel dan AS.

    XINHUA