The forces linked to the Yemeni government recognized by the international community reported this Tuesday the death of at least 14 Houthi fighters during the last hours, after a series of operations against several of their positions located in the south of the Hodeida province, in western Yemen.
According to data released by the SABA news agency, Yemeni troops carried out targeted attacks against command and control centers of the Al Quds Brigade, a tactical unit of the Houthis led by Abu al Azz Rima. These actions would have caused the death of at least 14 members of the insurgent group and left 19 wounded.
In parallel, government forces have developed offensives against the rebels in different points of the Taiz province, where the clashes would have resulted in at least eleven dead and wounded Houthis, in addition to the death of a military member of the Armed Forces and three other soldiers wounded.
These operations are part of a dynamic of repeated attacks by Yemeni forces against "military targets" and positions of the Houthis, supported by Iran, in various areas of the provinces of Marib, Hadramut, and Taiz, reflecting a resurgence of violence on different fronts of the conflict.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has warned in recent days that the intensification of the war in Yemen "is killing and injuring an increasing number of civilians," and has called on all actors to "reduce tensions and prevent the Yemeni people from suffering further hardships."
In the same vein, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, has urged the warring parties to stop the "escalation" and ensure the protection of the population and civil infrastructure, following the most notable increase in hostilities "since the ceasefire negotiated by the UN in 2022."