DOHA, April 2. /TASS/. More than 50,000 people lost their water supply following US airstrikes on a drinking water reservoir in Yemen's Hodeidah province controlled by Houthi rebels, according to a report by the rebel-run Al Masirah television channel.

According to the report, a series of US airstrikes targeted a water reservoir in the village of al-Sanif, which serves eight settlements. Also hit was a building of the region's water supply organization.

On March 15, Trump announced the US was starting a military operation against the Houthis, who control about a third of Yemen's territory. According to US Central Command, the operation aims to protect US interests and freedom of navigation. The Houthis responded with a spate of missile and drone attacks on the US aircraft carrier Harry Truman in the Red Sea. It was not reported whether the attacks damaged the warship.