A man was killed and six members of his family were injured in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz in Saturday's overnight airstrikes by the U.S.-British forces, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported on Sunday.

Following the airstrikes, Yemen's Houthi-controlled Saba news agency said "the American-British aggression airstrikes targeted the communications networks in the Shamir area of Maqbanah district, and in Haifan district," both in Taiz province.

It also reported other airstrikes on a farm in the Abs district in the northwestern province of Hajjah, and more than a dozen of airstrikes in the capital Sanaa targeting several well-known military positions.

The U.S. Central Command on Sunday said on social media platform X that its forces and allies on Saturday targeted 18 military positions of the armed Houthi group. "The targets included Houthi underground weapons storage facilities, missile storage facilities, one-way attack unmanned aerial systems, air defense systems, radars, and a helicopter," it said.

These strikes are intended to "degrade Houthi capability and disrupt their continued reckless and unlawful attacks" on international commercial and U.S. and British vessels in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden, the U.S. Central Command added.

In response, the Houthis issued a televised statement following the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, in which they claimed responsibility for new missile and drone attacks they launched on Saturday against what the group said "a U.S. oil tanker and U.S. navy ships," vowing for more.

The Houthis have controlled much of northern Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and the strategic Red Sea port city of Hodeidah since the Yemeni civil war erupted in late 2014.

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