Yemen's Houthi media said on Wednesday that the number of people killed in an air strike on Hodeida the day before that they blamed on the United States has risen to 10 people.

"The death toll rose to 10 as a result of the American enemy's massacre in a residential neighbourhood" of Hodeida, the Houthis' Al-Masirah TV station said.

Health ministry spokesperson Anis al-Asbahi had earlier said four children and two women had been killed.

Houthi media said the strike had targeted a residential area in the Red Sea port city. On Tuesday night, an AFP journalist heard three loud blasts in succession.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group had downed a U.S. drone, targeted an Israeli military site in the Tel Aviv area and launched drones at aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

Rebel-held areas of Yemen have seen near-daily strikes since Washington launched an air campaign against the Iran-backed Houthis on March 15 to force them to stop threatening vessels in key maritime routes.

Since then, the Houthis have also launched attacks targeting U.S. military ships and Israel, claiming to be acting in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The rebels began targeting ships transiting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, as well as Israeli territory, after the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023, later pausing their attacks during a January cease-fire.

Israel cut off all supplies to Gaza at the start of March and resumed its offensive on the Palestinian territory on March 18, ending the short-lived truce.

The new U.S. campaign followed Houthi threats to resume attacks on vessels over Israel's Gaza blockade.

The Houthi attacks crippled the vital Red Sea route, which normally carries about 12 percent of world shipping traffic, forcing many companies to make a much longer detour around the tip of southern Africa.