Saudi forces have carried out 110 airstrikes and missile attacks over 24 hours, targeting civilian sites in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, and seven other governorates.

The attacks killed or injured more than 30 people, most of them women and children.

The official Saba news agency, quoting Yemen’s armed forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said that the attacks targeted Sana’a and the governorates of Hudaydah, Ta'aiz, Amran, Hajjah, Sa’ada, Al-Jawf, Al-Dhale’ and Marib.

He said the offensive involved F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets launched from the Khamis Mushait and Taif air bases, as well as missile attacks originating from Najran.

Saree added that the latest incidents brought the reported total of Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks since the escalation began to 2,652.

The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, in a statement released on Saturday, said the Saudi military continues to target ordinary people and civilian infrastructure, as it has done over the past years.

The ministry denounced Saudi strikes on civilians and non-military installations as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and Additional Protocol I of 1977.

In the most recent retaliatory operation, Yemeni forces struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile on Sunday, causing damage and disrupting flights. Loud explosions were also reported in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

The latest escalation began after Saudi Arabia bombed Sana’a International Airport in July.

On July 20, the Sana’a government announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia in response to "an unjust and oppressive siege" on Yemen for almost 12 years.

Yemen’s armed forces responded by adopting a “blockade for blockade” policy and declaring an embargo on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.

Saudi Arabia bombs house in Yemen’s Sa’ada, killing and injuring women and children

A Saudi strike on a house in Yemen’s northern Sa

Yemeni forces have also expanded their presence along the western coast and around the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, reclaiming areas previously held by Saudi-backed forces.

In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a blockade on Yemen, initiating a comprehensive military offensive that received support in terms of military, political, and logistical assistance from the United States and several Western countries.

Hundre of thousands of Yemenis have lost their lives; however, Saudi Arabia has failed to achieve its primary goal of reestablishing a puppet government that served its interests.