The United States intensified its military campaign against Yemen by launching a series of airstrikes on the Ras Isa oil port in northwest Hodeidah on Thursday, massacring 38 innocent Yemeni workers and injuring over 100 more.

Fires still rage across the bombed-out facility, as emergency teams struggle to recover bodies and extinguish the inferno amid continued US attacks.

The Ras Isa massacre is being condemned as a blatant war crime by Yemeni officials, who say the US deliberately targeted a civilian energy facility essential to the lives and livelihoods of millions of Yemenis.

“This crime proves, once again, that the American enemy is intentionally striking civilian infrastructure, not military targets,” a statement from the Sanaa government declared. “The US claims of targeting missile sites are nothing more than lies meant to cover up its atrocities.”

Local sources on the ground confirm that the US warplanes returned early Friday to strike the port again — killing five civil defense workers attempting to extinguish the flames and rescue survivors.

The Ras Isa facility, one of Yemen’s key economic arteries, has been left in ruins — its destruction a deliberate move to suffocate the nation’s sovereignty, economy, and resistance.

Despite the brutality, Sanaa remains defiant.

“This cowardly aggression will not break the will of the Yemeni people, nor will it stop our operations in support of the Palestinian cause,” the statement continued. “Yemen’s Red Sea operations have successfully disrupted Israeli shipping and will continue as long as the genocide in Gaza persists.”

As Washington tries to crush Yemen’s resistance with bombs and blockades, the Yemeni people grow more united and resolute. Across the country, anger is mounting as civilians bear the brunt of American airpower. Schools, hospitals, homes, and energy infrastructure have all been deliberately bombed under the guise of so-called ‘security operations.’

But the people of Yemen are not fooled — nor are they intimidated.

Yemen has vowed to hold the United States fully accountable for its war crimes and will exercise its legitimate right to self-defense. The government in Sanaa has reiterated that continued US aggression will not go unpunished.

“The blood of our martyrs will not be spilled in vain,” the statement declared. “This is not only an attack on Yemen, but on all those who resist Zionist occupation and imperialist domination.”

As the fires of Ras Isa burn, so too does the spirit of Yemeni resistance — unwavering, unbowed, and ready to confront tyranny, no matter the cost. (ILKHA)