Hodeidah: Houthi dead and a leader captured after an infiltration operation in "At-Tuhaita"
English - Thursday 07 January 2021 الساعة 05:09 pm
A number of members of the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, were killed and wounded, Thursday, by joint forces' fire in At-Tuhaita, south of Hodeidah, while a field commander of the militia was captured.
Fouad Ishaq, a member of the First Brigade, Tuhama Resistance, told "NewsYemen" that the joint forces foiled an infiltration attempt by the Houthis in the At-Tuhaita front and captured a field commander.
He explained that the Houthi militia forced a group of its members to penetrate the front sites of the joint forces, in At-Tuhaita, but it failed and suffered losses.
He indicated that the infiltration was broken, while the leader of the Houthi group called (Muhammad Hussein Al-Hamdani) was captured while he was trying to approach the front sites.
He confirmed that a number of infiltrators who were led by the leader (Al-Hamdani) were captured and wounded, while the rest fled.