Houthi militias bombard Hais, al-Tuhaita, send artillery for al-Khukha in al-Hodeida

English - Saturday 23 March 2019 الساعة 09:51 am
Al-Hodeida – NewsYemen.net

The Houthi militias pounded on Friday the eastern parts of al-Hodeida city, and al-Matenah and al-Jabalia areas in the west and south of al-Tuhaita district.

Local sources said that the Houthi militia targeted al-Hammadi refrigerator and the area of barns and cowsheds with dozens of shells and Katyusha rockets.

The armed militias shelled a katyusha rocket, causing the destruction of a house and killing and injuring five, including a woman and a child of one family.   

The Houthi militias targeted south and west of al-Tuhaita district with artillery shells and mortars that fall down in a cemetery west of al-Tuhaita city, digging up a number of graves.

Local sources said the Houthi militia had destroyed five houses in Hais city, where residents had fled earlier.

Newsyemen sources said that the Houthi militias deployed gunmen in the east part of al-Khukha city for the first time since its liberation in Dec. 2017.