Yemeni activists accused the Houthi group of taking civilians as human shields to protect its leaders from the American raids, stressing that the gang is holding its military meetings inside the neighborhoods and residential buildings, which endangers the lives of the population, and then claims that the bombing targeted civilian sites.

Activists explained that the recent American raids clearly revealed that the Houthis are holding secret military meetings among civilians in houses and residential buildings, demanding that these meetings be transferred to military sites outside the cities and areas inhabited in the population.

The American forces have launched several air strikes during the past weeks targeting sites used by the gang for their military leadership meetings in the governorates such as Sana'a, Dhamar, and Hodeidah, as part of deterring repeated Houthi attacks on international navigation in the Red Sea.