SANAA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- A total of 776 people were killed or wounded in northern Yemen during the first half of 2025 as a result of U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported on Saturday.

According to the report, most of the casualties were women and children in the capital Sanaa, the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, and the provinces of Saada and Amran. The toll also included 70 Ethiopian migrants who were killed in a U.S. airstrike on a migrant detention center in Saada province on April 28.

The report did not provide a breakdown of those killed and wounded, and the figures could not be independently verified. It said the strikes targeted airports, seaports, power and fuel stations, as well as factories.

In May, the United States halted its strikes on Houthi targets following a deal brokered by Oman, under which the Houthis pledged to stop targeting U.S. vessels in the Red Sea.

Meanwhile, the Houthis have continued targeting Israel with long-range ballistic missiles and drones since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, with most of the attacks reportedly intercepted.

Israel has continued to retaliate. This week, it launched two waves of airstrikes on Houthi targets in Sanaa, killing 10 civilians and wounding 92 others, mostly women and children, on Sunday, according to Houthi-run health authorities.

The second wave, on Thursday, targeted a meeting of Houthi commanders, the Israeli military said. However, Houthi media denied any casualties and quoted the group's head of general staff, Mohammed Abdulkarim al-Gumari, as saying: "The Israeli aggression on Yemen will not pass without punishment."