Saudi fighter jets have carried out new airstrikes on several areas across Yemen, including residential buildings in the capital, Sana’a, killing at least three people and injuring several others from the same family.
Deputy head of Security Directorate for Nihm District in Sana’a, Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Rashid al-Duhaima, said that Saudi airstrikes targeted two homes in the district, claiming the lives of at least three people and injuring nine others from the same family.
Al-Duhaima told al-Masirah television network that the two homes were completely destroyed, adding that damage was also inflicted on private properties and cars.
According to his remarks, some of the injured are in critical condition
The official vowed that these attacks will not go unanswered.
In Sa’ada, eight airstrikes hit the districts of Sahar, Majz and al-Salem.
Two civilians and an African migrant were wounded by Saudi fire in the border districts of Baqim and Monabbih in the province.
Meanwhile, three Saudi airstrikes hit Bajil District and al-Durayhimi District in Hudaydah Province on Friday, according to Saba News Agency.
In Ta’izz, Saudi warplanes launched three airstrikes on al-Mukha District, and three others on al-Ta'iziyah District, as well as an additional four aerial raids on the districts of al-Wazi'iyah and Dhubab.
Also on Friday, a military official said the Saudi warplanes targeted the lighthouse on Mayyun Island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, threatening international maritime navigation in the Red Sea.
A local source said that the Saudi jets launched four airstrikes on Harf Sufyan District and two others on Bani Suraym District in Amran Province.
Two strikes also targeted the Water Corporation building in the al-Hamam area of al-Hazm district in al-Jawf Province.
No immediate reports on possible casualties are available.
Anis al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for Yemen’s Health Ministry, said one civilian was killed and four others injured, including a boy and a girl in critical condition, in an airstrike on a home in al-Shamayatin District in Ta’izz on Thursday evening.
The latest escalation began after Saudi Arabia bombed Sana’a international airport in July. The Yemeni armed forces responded by enforcing a “blockade for blockade” policy and declaring an embargo on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.
The Yemeni military has announced several successful naval operations targeting ships linked to Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea, enforcing the blockade and impacting Riyadh's energy exports.
The Yemeni forces have also carried out retaliatory attacks on targets deep inside the kingdom, and made a lightning advance across Yemen’s coastal plain over the last month, reinforcing control over the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Yemenis had warned airlines this month against using the Saudi airspace, saying only the airspace over Islam's holy cities of Mecca and Medina is safe.
The war traces back to March 2015, when Saudi Arabia and a US-backed coalition launched a sweeping military aggression and blockade aimed at reinstalling a favorable regime in Sana'a.
Despite years of bombardment and the deployment of advanced Western weaponry, the Saudi coalition has failed to achieve its stated objectives.
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