Houthi Rebels Say US-led Strikes in Yemen Killed 5 People and Wounded 6, Raising Mideast Tensions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Yemen’s Houthi rebels vowed fierce retaliation Friday for American and British strikes against them, further raising the prospect of a wider conflict in a region already beset by Israel’s war in Gaza. The bombardment—launched in response to a recent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the vital Red Sea—killed at least five people and wounded six, the Houthis said. As the bombing lit the predawn sky over multiple sites held by the Iranian-backed rebels, it forced the world to again focus on Yemen’s yearslong war, which began when the Houthis seized the country’s capital....