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Houthis Accuse Saudi Arabia of Prison Air Strike in Yemen, Killing Seven
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In Short: Al Jazeera reports that Saudi Arabia has been accused by the Houthi-run Health Ministry of carrying out an air strike on a prison in al-Hazm, killing seven people, including a child.
The Houthi-run Health Ministry accused Saudi Arabia of conducting an air strike on the Central Corrective Facility in al-Jawf province, Yemen, on Monday, resulting in the deaths of seven people, including a child, and wounding at least seven others, including a woman, according to Al Jazeera.
The Saudi government has not commented on the allegations, while the Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree accused Saudi Arabia of 'committing massacres' in al-Jawf and supplying mercenaries with weaponry.
In recent days, fighting between the Houthi rebels and Yemen's internationally recognized government has intensified, with reports of hundreds of casualties over the past 24 hours, according to Al Jazeera.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg called for an end to hostilities and urged the warring parties to exercise restraint, warning that the latest escalation could lead to a full-scale war.
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- Al Masirah TV also released footage it claims shows Houthi forces using ballistic missiles to attack Saudi supply trucks containing military equipment at a border crossing in Yemen’s Hadramout province.
- “The ongoing Saudi aggression against Yemen will not go unpunished, and the Saudi enemy must bear the consequences of its crimes against the Yemeni people,” he said.
- Saree also claimed that the Houthis had shot down four Saudi reconnaissance drones over the previous 24 hours, including a CH-4 drone that he said was carrying out “hostile missions” in al-Jawf.
- The Yemeni government said it made significant territorial gains against the Houthis, including in the al-Jawf, Bayda, Dahle, and Marib provinces on Sunday.
- Over the past days, government-aligned forces conducted counterattacks in Taiz and Hodeidah after the Houthis launched a major offensive in a struggle to control the critical Bab al-Mandeb strait, with hundreds of people reportedly killed over the past 24 hours.
- Houthi media outlet released footage of destruction and rescue efforts after the Saudi air strike on al-Hazm prison.
- The rebels’ media said the attacks targeted Houthi positions across the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, which is divided between areas held by the Iran-backed group and those controlled by the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government.
- Saba news agency, which is affiliated with the Houthi movement, reported seven people were killed by Saudi airstrikes on the prison in Al-Hazm in the north of Yemen, including one child visiting the facility.