The United States said it struck targets in Yemen's rebel-held capital in December, hours after a Huthi rebel missile wounded people in Israel. But a nighttime picture of a massive fire repeatedly shared on social media does not show the US strike.

Both countries have launched a series of strikes against the other in the past week. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The head of the World Health Organization said he was about to board a flight in the Yemeni capital when the airport came under bombardment.