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At least nine civilians, seven women and two children, were injured by two alleged US airstrikes on a wedding reception hall in the Al-Thawra District of Sana’a, Yemen at around 7:30 PM on March 19, 2025.
Houthi-affiliated news @TvAlmasirah reported on the “US aggression’s bombing of a residential neighborhood in Al-Thawra District in the capital, Sana’a, injuring 7 women and two children, in addition to damaging a number of homes.” An accompanying video showed a multi-story building which sustained damage to windows and various floors, situated next to the smoldering ruins of a burning building and car. Civil defense workers are seen trying to put out the flames. Images also posted by @TvAlmasirah included two young girls with visible injuries.
A Facebook post from Mohammed Ahmed Ghamdan provided similar information on the strike and civilian harm, and additional images of the collapsing inside of a building and the crushed vehicle. Al-thawrah News quoted the Ministry of Health and Environment which announced that the strike had hit a wedding reception hall under construction.
According to a report published by Mwatana for Human Rights, a Yemeni human rights organisation, US fighter jets carried out “two airstrikes targeting a wedding hall in the Al-Hashoush neighborhood of Al-Jiraf area in Shu’ub District, north of the capital Sana’a.” The organisation specified that the strikes injured three women and a young girl who were in homes in the vicinity of the hall. Mwatana added that the strikes also destroyed “nearby mask manufacturing facility, in addition to causing extensive damage to surrounding houses.”
Where sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to the US military.
This incident was updated on May 2, 2025 to cite the report published by Mwatana on April 28th, 2025.
The incident occured at approximately 7:30 pm local time.
Geolocation notes (1) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention a strike on Al-Thawra neighbourhood (مدينة الثورة) in Sanaa (صنعاء). This incident was independently geolocated by Ben Tzion Macales (@BenTzionMacales). Satellite imagery shows the strike location at the following exact coordinates: 15.400507, 44.208518.
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Source: AP News News
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Source: AP News News
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Source: @EsmealHuseein
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Source: @TvAlmasirah
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Source: Mohammed ahmed ghamdan
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Source: Mohammed ahmed ghamdan
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Source: Mohammed ahmed ghamdan
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Source: Yemen american network
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Source: @nujinhaarabic