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Strikes reported on Sanaa and Mocha as coalition intercepts third missile, aimed at Riyadh
The Houthis reported new Saudi airstrikes on Sanaa and Mocha, and their health ministry raised the toll from the Asr and Hamdan strikes to 21 killed and wounded. The coalition said it intercepted a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh, while Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan condemned the Houthi escalation in Istanbul.
Summary
- AttributedHouthis: Saudi strikes on Sanaa and Mocha; no immediate Saudi comment.
- AttributedHouthi health ministry: 10 killed and 11 wounded in the Asr and Hamdan strikes, preliminary toll.
- ConfirmedCoalition: ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh intercepted, in addition to the Taif and Yanbu missiles.
- ConfirmedQuartet statement from Istanbul condemns Houthi attacks and demands an immediate halt.
- UnverifiedMedical sources: toll from attack on a security training centre in Shabwa rises to 76 dead.
Killed and wounded in the Asr and Hamdan strikes, per Houthi health ministry
13:18ZBallistic missiles the coalition says it intercepted today
13:07ZToll from the attack on the Shabwa security training centre
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- AttributedSanaa
Houthi health ministry raises Asr and Hamdan toll to 21 killed and wounded
The health ministry of the Houthi government said 3 people were killed and 3 wounded in a strike on a house in Asr, and 7, including a woman and a girl, were killed and 8 wounded in a strike on a cement factory in Hamdan. It called the figures preliminary. There is no independent confirmation and no coalition comment.
Source: althawrah.ye - AttributedSanaa / Mocha
Houthis say Saudi jets struck Sanaa and Mocha
The Houthi-run Saba agency said Saudi aircraft carried out a series of strikes on several areas of Mocha, west of Taiz, and that jets were still overhead. Local sources reported strikes on fortifications on Jabal Atan west of Sanaa. No casualty figures were given for these strikes and there was no immediate Saudi comment.
- UnverifiedShabwa
Medical sources: 76 dead in attack on Shabwa security training centre
Tihama 24 cited medical sources as saying the toll from the Houthi attack on the security training centre in Shabwa rose to 76 after wounded people died. The sources were not named, the site did not give the date of the attack, and there is no official confirmation.
Source: tihama24.com - ConfirmedSaudi Arabia
Coalition intercepts ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said, via SPA, that a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis towards Riyadh was intercepted. That brings the number of missiles reported intercepted today to 3, after those aimed at Taif and Yanbu. No damage was reported.
Source: almontasaf.net aden-tm.net - ConfirmedTaiz
Red Crescent transfers bodies between the parties in Taiz
The Taiz branch of the Yemen Red Crescent said it carried out an operation to transfer and hand over bodies between the parties in al-Dhabab, al-Jabal al-Aswad, al-Kassara and Jabal Han. It did not say how many bodies were involved.
Source: almontasaf.net - ConfirmedIstanbul
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan condemn Houthi escalation
Meeting in Istanbul, the four foreign ministers condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, civilians, infrastructure and shipping in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab. They called for an immediate halt to military operations and a return to the political process. Yemen's foreign ministry welcomed the statement.
Source: Saudi Gazette - AttributedTaiz / Lahj
Pro-government sources: Houthi attacks repelled in Taiz, Lahj and Kahbub
The pro-government site Ain Aden said Giants Brigades forces repelled a Houthi attack in the Kahbub sector and government forces thwarted attacks on al-Shaqab, al-Misrakh, al-Aqrud, the edges of Jabal Han and al-Dhabab in Taiz. Its casualty figures could not be verified, and the Houthis did not comment.
Source: ainaden.com