Yemen’s armed forces have targeted positions controlled by Saudi-led forces in the country’s southwest, killing and wounding dozens.
Military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on Saturday that ballistic missiles were used to target “several troop concentrations in the Kharaz area of Lahij governorate.”
Saree said on his X account that the strikes also destroyed a large number of vehicles.
The announcement came amid reports of continued Saudi airstrikes against civilian infrastructure in Lahij, including educational and medical facilities.
Yemen’s Ministry of Health said Saudi warplanes had attacked a school, a health center, and a pharmacy in the Zareqa al-Sham area of Al-Maqatra district in Lahij.
The ministry said two civilians had been injured when Saudi aircraft shelled the Karba health center in Al-Maqatra.
It added that a woman had also been injured by sniper fire from Saudi-led coalition forces in the village of Taba al-Aqroud in the Al-Musaerah district of neighboring Ta'aiz governorate.
The developments in Yemen come as the ruling Ansarullah movement continues to resist a Saudi-led military invasion of the country.
The Yemeni armed forces have carried out major retaliatory attacks in both Saudi Arabia and Yemen, targeting Saudi-controlled mercenaries as well as major energy production and transfer infrastructure inside the kingdom.
The confrontation, which escalated in July following Saudi Arabia’s tightening of its 12-year-old siege on Yemen, has inflicted heavy civilian and infrastructure losses on the impoverished country, which lies south of Saudi Arabia.
Yemeni attacks have also caused extensive damage to Saudi Arabia’s military, aviation, and petroleum sectors.
Yemeni authorities said on Saturday that Saudi forces had carried out nearly 5,000 attacks on the country since the latest escalation began in July.
They added that 85 airstrikes and missile attacks had been recorded over the preceding 24 hours.
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