The latest U.S. airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah Province have drawn widespread condemnation from local residents, as civilian casualties and destruction intensify in the war-torn region.
On Tuesday night, the U.S. military launched multiple strikes on residential areas in Hodeidah, leaving numerous casualties and prompting rescue operations by local civil defense and ambulance teams.
Abdullah Jahid, a local resident, voiced the community's frustration, emphasizing that the airstrikes not only inflicted immediate suffering but also highlighted the ongoing tensions and their devastating impact on civilians in the region.
"U.S. attacks on innocent people have become a common thing for us. But we want to tell the U.S. that we are watching them in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. We will not give up our support for Palestine. It is our primary cause," he said.
On March 15, the United States initiated large-scale airstrikes against Yemen's Houthi group, which saw the Houthis responding by launching attacks on U.S. aircraft carriers and their escorting vessels.
Yemeni residents condemn U.S. airstrikes as civilian casualties mount
The death toll from a landfill collapse in the central Philippine city of Cebu has risen to eight by Monday morning as search and rescue operations continued for another 28 missing people.
The landfill collapse occurred on Thursday as dozens of sanitation workers were working at the site. The disaster has already caused injuries of 18 people.
Family members of the missing people said the rescue progress is slow, and the hope for the survival of their loved ones is fading.
"For me, maybe I’ve accepted the worst result already because the garbage is poisonous and yesterday, it was raining very hard the whole day. Maybe they’ve been poisoned. For us, alive or dead, I hope we can get their bodies out of the garbage rubble," said Maria Kareen Rubin, a family member of a victim.
Families have set up camps on high ground near the landfill, awaiting news of their relatives. Some people at the site said cries for help could still be heard hours after the landfill collapsed, but these voices gradually faded away.
Bienvenido Ranido, who lost his wife in the disaster, said he can't believe all that happened.
"After they gave my wife oxygen, my kids and I were expecting that she would be saved that night because she was still alive. But the night came and till the next morning, they didn't manage to save her," he said.
Death toll in central Philippine landfill collapse rises to eight
