DUBAI/SANAA -  The Houthi's Al-Masirah television said on Friday 14 people have been killed and over 30 wounded in US and British strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah province, with another six airstrikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Thursday night.

The outlet reported that the strikes targeted a radio building in Hodeidah's Al-Hawk district and port of Salif.

Three airstrikes hit the mountain of al-Nahdayn in the center of Sanna, one airstrike struck near Sanaa airport in the northern part of the city, and two additional strikes hit the area of Jarban in the district of Sanhan, located in the far southern part of Sanaa, Al-Masirah TV reported.

The US and British militaries said they launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday as part of efforts to deter the militant group from further disrupting shipping in the Red Sea

Residents in Sanaa and Hodeidah told Xinhua they heard sound of fighter jets hovering overhead tonight and then powerful explosions in several Houthi-controlled military positions.

The US and British militaries said they launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday as part of efforts to deter the militant group from further disrupting shipping in the Red Sea.

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The US Central Command said in a statement that US and British forces had hit 13 targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

The British defense ministry said the joint operation targeted three locations in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, which it said housed drones and surface-to-air weapons.

"As ever, the utmost care was taken in planning the strikes to minimise any risk to civilians or non-military infrastructure," the British defense ministry said in a statement.

"Conducting the strikes in the hours of darkness should also have mitigated yet further any such risks."

The Houthis, who control Yemen's capital and most populous areas, have attacked international shipping in the Red Sea since November in solidarity with the Palestinians in the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants.

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In response, the US-British naval coalition stationed in the waters has since January conducted regular air raids and missile strikes against Houthi targets to deter the group, but only led to an expansion of Houthi attacks to include US and British commercial vessels and naval ships. 

With Xinhua inputs