AIR strikes by the United States pounded the outskirts of Yemen’s port city of Hodeida on Tuesday night, killing at least eight people, the Houthi-led government said.

The strikes hit Hodeida’s al-Hawak district, the rebels said, and wounded 16 people. The area is home to the city’s airport, used by the Yemenis in the past to target Israeli and US shipping in the Red Sea in solidarity with the Palestinians under attack in Gaza.

The intense US campaign against the blockade has killed at least 79 people, according to casualty figures released by the Yemenis.