SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A rebel-run news agency in Yemen says an airstrike in the Red Sea near a key strait has hit a boat carrying Somali refugees, killing and wounding dozens.

The SABA agency, controlled by the Shiite Houthi rebels, says Friday's airstrikes took place off the coast of Hodeida province, close to Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The report says women and children are among the dead. SABA didn't say who carried out the strike. Its report couldn't immediately be confirmed.

The coastal Hodeida province has been under heavy airstrikes over the past two years since an air campaign by a Saudi-led coalition joined the conflict in support of Yemen's internationally-recognized government.

African migrants continue to head to Yemen, a transit point to Saudi Arabia where they seek jobs and a better life.