A WAVE of US air strikes hit sites across Yemen this morning, with at least one person reportedly being killed in the capital, Sanaa.

The attacks came a day after the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were forced to deny they had plans to launch a ground offensive.

The latest US strikes took place across multiple governorates with the Houthi-led government providing few details about where was hit. 

The US military’s Central Command has also provided no specifics on targets in its bombing campaign, which began on March 15.

The US says it is responding to the Yemeni targeting of Israeli and US shipping in the Red Sea. The Yemenis say the attacks are being carried out in solidarity with Palestinians who are under attack from Israel in Gaza.

The US strikes were launched from aircraft carriers the USS Harry S Truman in the Red Sea and the USS Carl Vinson, based in the Arabian Sea. 

The US also has stationed stealth B-2 bombers in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, which are also likely being used to launch strikes.

Meanwhile, the UAE and Saudi Arabia were forced to issue a denial on Wednesday that they are involved in talks with the US over a possible land offensive by military factions in Yemen opposed to the Houthis.

In a statement, the UAE’s assistant minister for political affairs, Lana Nusseibeh, described the reports as “wild unsubstantiated stories.”

A Saudi official source also denied the reports later in the day. saying they were false.

The Wall Street Journal on Monday reported that Yemeni factions were planning a ground offensive along the Red Sea coast.

This followed by a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday that Yemeni anti-government forces are in talks with the US and Gulf allies about a possible land offensive.