The media center of the Giants Brigades reported on Sunday that five Houthis were killed and others were injured by joint forces that thwarted their infiltration attempt into the contact lines east of Al-Tuhayat, south of Hodeidah city, Yemen. The center quoted a military source as saying that "the forces engaged with the Houthi elements using various types of medium and heavy weapons, resulting in the death of five Houthi militia members and injuries to others."
Three Houthi members were killed on Saturday by joint forces east of Hodeidah city. In recent hours, the Houthi militia has suffered significant human and material losses on the battlefronts at the edges of Marib province, northeast of Yemen. According to field sources, dozens of Houthi elements, including prominent field leaders, were killed in the fiercest battles witnessed in the Marib frontlines, primarily due to the fire of the Yemeni army and airstrikes by the Coalition to Support Legitimacy.
The media center of the Yemeni army released a video on Sunday evening showing some of the human losses inflicted on Houthi militias at the Al-Kasara front west of Marib. Another video detailed the defeat endured by the militia at the frontlines west of Marib.
The center confirmed that the Houthi militia suffered substantial losses in equipment and lives due to the fire from the army and airstrikes by the Coalition at the Al-Mashjah front west of Marib. A military source stated that the militia attacked a military site on the front but was repelled by the army and resistance, forcing them to retreat after at least 17 of their members were killed and others injured, along with additional losses in equipment, including the destruction of a vehicle carrying ammunition.
Simultaneously, the Coalition's aircraft targeted Houthi militia gatherings and reinforcements in the front and its surrounding area, resulting in the destruction of three armored vehicles and six others, killing all occupants and destroying their weapons and ammunition.
On Sunday, the Yemeni army forces executed a well-planned ambush targeting a group of Iranian-backed Houthi insurgents as they attempted to infiltrate a military site in the Al-Yairaf area northwest of Marib province. A military source confirmed that the ambush resulted in the death of at least 12 Houthi members and injuries to others, as well as additional losses in equipment.
The army recovered a Houthi vehicle along with its equipment, in addition to various weapons and ammunition that belonged to the militia.
On Sunday evening, three civilians were killed due to shelling by the Houthi militia on residential neighborhoods in Taiz city, southwest Yemen. Local and medical sources confirmed that the Houthi militia shelled the Al-Shamasi area northeast of Taiz city with heavy artillery, resulting in the deaths of three young men. The names of the victims are: Hussein Jafar, Abdullah Al-Absi, and Hamada Al-Qabati, all of whom suffered lethal direct injuries from projectiles and lost their lives shortly after.
This comes the day after two young brothers, a woman, and a man were injured in shelling and sniper incidents carried out by the Houthi militia in the countryside and city of Taiz. A recent human rights report revealed that over 17,326 civilians have been killed or injured in Taiz province at the hands of the Houthi militia from March 2015 until the end of 2020, including 3,916 children, 1,527 women, and 1,053 elderly individuals.
The report, issued by the independent Taiz Human Rights Center, clarified that documented figures and statistics indicate that 3,590 civilians, including 761 children, 347 women, and 289 elderly people were killed, while 13,736 others, including 3,155 children, 1,180 women, and 764 elderly, were injured due to the shelling and sniper activities carried out by the Houthi militia over six years of their war on Taiz.
