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Shafaq News- Sanaa

Saudi Arabia carried
out 27 airstrikes across six Yemeni provinces over the previous 24 hours, the
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Saturday.

Aircraft operating
from bases in Khamis Mushait and Taif targeted Taiz, Marib, Saada, Amran, Ibb
and Hajjah, according to Saree. “Saudi air and missile attacks since the latest
escalation began have reached 1,059,” he said.

In Ibb, Houthi-run
authorities said an airstrike hit the Dalil Bridge in Al-Makhadir district. The
Transport and Public Works Ministry condemned the attack, saying roads and
bridges constitute civilian infrastructure.

In a statement, forces
aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognized government said their aircraft
hit Houthi positions, reinforcements, supply routes and weapons depots across
Taiz, including north of Taiz city, Al-Waziyah and Hayfan. The army said
the strikes destroyed vehicles and killed or wounded dozens of Houthi fighters,
including field commanders.

The renewed fighting
has displaced nearly 130,000 people over the past three weeks, including an
estimated 71,000 children, according to UNICEF. Most of those displaced are in
Taiz, where fighting, blocked roads and a lack of transportation have prevented
many families from reaching safer areas.

Yemen’s humanitarian
crisis was already severe before the latest escalation. UNICEF said more than
2.2 million children under five were projected to suffer acute malnutrition in
2026, including more than half a million facing severe acute malnutrition. Among
nearly 2,900 children screened recently by mobile nutrition teams, more than
one in four were acutely malnourished, and more than 200 had severe acute
malnutrition.