02/10/2026
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02/10/2026
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SANAA, Oct 2: Yemen’s internationally recognized government said its forces carried out 474 military operations against Houthi targets across multiple fronts during the past 24 hours, claiming that the operations killed or wounded 1,540 Houthi fighters.
Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Majed Abdullah al-Nazili said the operations involved warplanes, drones, artillery, missiles and rocket launchers and targeted Houthi positions, movements, reinforcements, command centers and military equipment. The claims could not be independently verified, and the Houthis had not immediately issued a response.
According to al-Nazili, the operations covered a wide area stretching from southern Haradh and the western coast to Kitaf, Al-Jawf, Marib, Al-Bayda, Lahj, Sanaa and Saada, with particularly intense fighting reported in Taiz. He claimed that most of the 1,540 Houthi casualties occurred on the Taiz fronts and that 216 military vehicles and other assets were destroyed or damaged.
The spokesman also claimed that the operations stopped Houthi advances in Taiz and prevented the group from making a breakthrough on the battlefield.
The claims came as fighting intensified across Taiz. Earlier Friday, the Yemeni army said its warplanes conducted 20 strikes over three hours against Houthi movements, reinforcements, personnel, vehicles and military equipment in the province. Reuters independently reported the 20 strikes, citing the government military spokesman.
The Yemeni army also said its forces struck what it described as high-value targets in Sanaa and 11 high-value targets in Saada. There was no immediate Houthi response to those claims.
On Wednesday, the army reported 468 operations against Houthi fighters and military equipment on three fronts in central and southwestern Yemen, claiming that hundreds of Houthi members were killed or wounded. Those figures were likewise reported as claims by the Yemeni military, with no independent casualty verification.
The renewed fighting is part of an escalation that began in early July and has become the most intense period of fighting since the relative calm that followed the April 2022 truce, according to Yemeni military officials and regional reporting.
Yemen has been embroiled in conflict since the Houthis seized Sanaa and several provinces in 2014. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 in support of Yemen’s internationally recognized government.
