Sporadic Houthi attacks and casualties in Hodeidah and the south
English - Thursday 13 February 2020 الساعة 05:36 pm
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On Thursday, Al-Houthi militias again targeted residential neighborhoods in the southern city of Hays in Hodeidah province, using medium-caliber 12.7 caliber weapons and 14.5 caliber weapons continuously from the morning to noon hours, opened fire with sniper weapons towards densely populated neighborhoods, and carried out sporadic sniping operations. .
On Wednesday evening, joint forces of Houthi militias suffered heavy casualties following violent clashes between them as militias tried to infiltrate and attack joint positions east of the city of Al-Drehimi, south of Hodeidah.
Al-Houthi militias shelled the May 22nd hospital on 50th Street in The City of Hodeidah with tank artillery shells near the first liaison officer's point.
The militias targeted residential neighbourhoods in al-Jah area of the Beit al-Faqih district, south of Hodeidah, and opened fire with their medium-caliber 14.5-caliber machine guns and 12.7-calibre weapons at neighborhoods and citizens' homes in the area.
Abdullah Hashish, a resident of Hays city, was injured by artillery shelling by Houthi militias targeting residential neighborhoods in the center of Hays district, while a number of family members of women and children were fainting and rescue teams of the joint forces took the ambulance to the field hospital in Peach and then to The City of Aden due to its critical condition.
Houthi field commander Abu Aziz al-Hashimi was killed and others were injured when they targeted liberated residential neighborhoods east of Hodeidah, where sources of fire were responded to and silenced by joint forces.
