The heaviest artillery shelling in weeks in southern Hodeidah

English - Saturday 24 August 2019 الساعة 08:25 pm
Al-Hodeida / Mocha – NewsYemen.net

The Directorate of Hays in the south of Hodeidah governorate is subjected to heavy artillery shelling on residential neighborhoods simultaneously with intensive shelling and targeting of joint forces positions

Over the past weeks, Houthi militias have expanded shelling, targeting, and military movements targeting the district and city of Hays, coinciding with the recruitment of hundreds of fighters and large military reinforcements that were used to launch attacks and reprisals from different directions and confronted by joint forces

The sources said "joint", Saturday 24 August, that the artillery shelling is the heaviest in weeks on the city of Hays launched by the militia of the Iranian arm in Yemen, targeting neighborhoods and residential communities, while the joint forces sites were bombarded with various weapons

On Friday, Houthi escalation shells claim civilian casualties in the town and district of Hays, south of Hodeidah governorate. On Friday, shells hit residential neighborhoods and cemeteries