Yemen armed forces on Thursday claimed they conducted 1,250 targeting operations against the Houthis within the past 24 Hours, as the Iran-backed group targeted Aden’s presidential palace and launched several strikes over Saudi regions.Armed forces spokesperson colonel Majed Al-Nuzaili said the strikes were carried out under the recently launched Operation “Dawn of Yemen”.He said the armed forces conducted “more than (1250) precise targeting operations over the past 24 hours, against sites and military capabilities belonging to the terrorist Houthi militia, using warplanes, drones, field artillery, rocket launchers, and sniper units.”The spokesperson claimed nearly 700 “militia elements” were neutralised in the attacks.“Initial field estimates indicate the neutralisation of approximately (700) militia elements, and the destruction or disabling of more than (150) vehicles, cars, combat, transport, and supply means,” Nuzaili said in an X post.He added that the targeting focused on frontline defence networks, fortifications and trenches, sources of fire, observation and reconnaissance points, advanced command and control sites, areas of troop concentration and reserve deployment, and transportation and supply means.Yemen forces claimed the operations achieved direct results, including the dismantling of Houthi’s defensive networks, the destruction of its formations and offensive capabilities, and the obliteration of its fortifications, trenches, and combat positions.“Particularly on the Taiz fronts, where our forces continue to bleed the militia and break its assaults,” Nuzaili saidAdditionally, the forces said strikes were carried out in accordance with the rules of international humanitarian law, where the army took necessary precautions to protect civilians and civilian assets.
Houthi share of attacks
The Houthi rebels, on the other hand, targeted Yemen’s Al-Maashiq presidential palace in Aden through strikes that killed at least four and wounded several others.Yemen’s minister of youth Nayef Saleh al-Bakri said no minister present in the palace was harmed, asking the members to not leave the city following the incident. Al Arabiya reported.Hostilities have escalated between the Houthi movement and Saudi Arabia over the past two months, with the Yemeni group claiming to have carried out strikes on Saudi energy infrastructure and an international airport a day earlier.Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted two ballistic missiles directed towards Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia and neutralised three unmanned aerial vehicles north of Riyadh.Additionally, Saudis claimed a missile heading towards the Medina region was intercepted and destroyed. Coalition spokesperson major general Turki al-Maliki announced the interception on social media.Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree clarified that no strikes were launched towards the Medina region, nullifying the Saudi claims.“The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that they did not carry out any targeting operation today directed toward Saudi territories,” Saree wrote on X.“What the Saudi enemy claims regarding targeting toward the city of Medina is a great and immense falsehood,” he added.Separately, Houthis claimed to have downed a Saudi reconnaissance aircraft. However, the claim hasn’t been verified yet.
