At least thirteen people were killed, including at least four children, in two alleged U.S. airstrikes on the city of Amin Muqbel on April 8, 2025. The strikes reportedly occurred at around 9:00 p.m. and at least 10 people were reported injured.
Teenager Mohammad Fareed was killed, as was mother Najlaa Abdulmalek Muhsen al-Jabri and her four young children, sons Mohammad Ali Mohammad al-Rawafi and Ahmad Ali Mohammad al-Rawafi and daughters Maryam Ali Mohammad al-Rawafi and Zahraa Ali Mohammad al-Rawafi. Five other women were reported killed, as was a man and an elderly person, though their identities are unknown.
According to a Mwatana for Human Rights, a Yemeni Human Rights Organisation, on April 6 at around 6:00 p.m., “U.S. fighter jets carried out two airstrikes on a home in Al-Hawk District, Al Hodeida Governorate, killing four civilians, including three children, and injuring 10 others, including three women and a person with a mental disability.” As sources collected by Airwars consistently referred to strikes occurring on a residential home in Al Hawek district on the evening of the April 8, Airwars has included Mwatana as a source for this April 8 incident. This will be adjusted should additional information become available.
Facebook user Abu Saqer Al Jabri offered condolences to the “Al-Rawafi family as a whole on the news of the martyrdom of Ali Al-Rawafi’s wife and four children”. Rita Mhm Rita mourned the family “with hearts filled with sorrow and grief, and faith in God’s will and destiny”. Mujahed Shater shared a photo collage of the family – all the children are very young. One boy is being handed a gun, which an adult is helping him hold. The boy is clearly not engaged in militancy and has been unequivocally categorised as a civilian child.
Facebook user Amjad Saleh shared a photograph of Mohammad Fareed, sharing a prayer – “We belong to God and to Him we shall return”. In a later post, Amjad remembered Mohammad as “simply a role model”, someone who was a “rare gem, well-mannered and with strong values”. He was “incredibly intelligent” with a mind “like gold”. Mohammad was curious and hoped to travel, participating in a competition for a scholarship to study abroad. Amjad emphasised that Mohammad wanted to leave Yemen to further his education, as “the type of education he aspired to wasn’t available in his homeland”. Mohammad had told Amjad about his intentions for further study. Amjad was impressed by his dedication: instead of “just walk[ing] around to say goodbye and celebrate with his friends”, Mohammad had “already started studying at a language institute to prepare for his journey abroad in pursuit of knowledge”. He was readying his visa application, and in his free time, would help his contractor father. To Amjad, Mohammad’s future was clear: “This man is going to be something great”. On the day he was killed, he had just finished praying the nightly Maghrib prayer, before returning home. The strike occurred shortly afterwards. “Everyone had high hopes for the boy… Everyone waited to see him grow, to witness his brilliance, what he would achieve, what knowledge he would acquire, and what positions he would hold […] You asked for a scholarship to study abroad—and God granted you something better, greater, and more honorable: a divine grant in His presence”.
A report by Mwatana for Human Rights, which was published in September 2026 by Brown University's Cost of War project, included excerpts of an interview with the mother of two victims. Describing the loss of 18-year-old son - possibly Mohammad - the woman explained that he had been "preparing to travel abroad" and said: “I wish I did not have to live in this house, but I have no choice. The traces of shrapnel are still visible on the walls, and the windows and doors are shattered, with some walls destroyed and cracked. Even when I hear the call to prayer, it reminds me of that day, because the bombing took place at dawn, as the call to prayer was being broadcast from the mosque next to our home.”
The woman's daughter also "sustained injuries to her face and body as a result of the U.S. bombing of the Amin Muqbil residential area." Speaking with Mwatana, the girl's mother explained, “My daughter is still suffering physically and psychologically from her injuries. She was injured in her face and the rest of her body… her face has been disfigured, and she is suffering. She was in the prime of her youth and took pride in her beauty among her friends, but now she is disfigured and is ashamed to go out or appear before them."
Sources emphasised the injustice of these deaths: “Innocent people were killed in the city of Amin Muqbil”. In an early report, Facebook user Yasin al hammed wrote that two people were killed and “13 injured”. It is unclear whether some of these 13 later died, or whether this injury count was separate from the six identified deaths. AJ Plus News reported that the Houthis claimed 16 people were injured while @Yemen_YF wrote that the group later announced 15 killed. @TvAlmasirah later reported that one of the injured had died.
A Facebook page for the Ministry of Health and Environment reported that most of the injured were in critical condition, and that rescue teams were still searching under rubble. A video shared by Facebook user “Ammar Al-Jarb Alternative Account” purported to show the aftermath of the strike. A man can be seen carrying a limp girl, as others carry injured adults.
Twitter/X user @MediaHodeidah shared photographs of the “Al Hudaydah Governor’s Deputy, Mohammed Halisi, and Water Corporation Director, Abdulrahman Ishaq” visiting wounded – two men and two children – in Al Thawra hospital. Facebook user Am osama also shared images of injuries and infrastructural damage. A man, heavily covered in dust and with a bloodied lip, is carrying a child, while another man with a blood-stained shirt is visible. A woman with a blood-stained hijab is pictured in the hospital.
Twitter/X user @TVAlmasirah shared a highly sensitive video of the civilian toll. One man holds what appear to be severed body parts up to the camera, while a woman – likely a relative – mourns a deceased man. Men hold the body of a deceased child to the camera; others lay a child’s body on a body bag.
The anger in the community over the strike was apparent: Facebook user Ahmed Essam shared photographs of people gathered near extensive rubble, hoisting a sign – “These are USA crimes” – above the damage. Essam also shared photographs of remains being wrapped in a blanket, as well as a deceased boy, whose body was brutalised by the strike. Another photograph shows two men, including a Yemen Red Crescent rescue worker, aiming to remove a body from underneath rubble; only a small, dust-covered hand can be seen.
Where sources identified a belligerent, all pointed to the U.S. military.