Monitoring - artillery shelling and heavy gunfire accompanying the joint meeting off Hodeidah
English - Thursday 19 December 2019 الساعة 04:24 pm
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Militias targeted the joint forces' positions in al-Jabalia area of the district of Al-Tahita with various types of weapons, as they shelled the northern and eastern mountains of al-Jabalia with heavy 120-mm mortars, 82-mm artillery, and RBG shells violently.
The militia opened fire on other sites south of al-Jabalia, using heavy 23 MT caliber weapons, 14.5 medium-caliber weapons and 12.7 caliber weapons, with a heavily and violently modified PECA weapon.
The militias incurred heavy casualties and equipment during a failed attack in Al-Drahami that the joint forces confronted.
Escalation of Iran's arm accompanied the proceedings of the seventh meeting of the Joint Redeployment Committee, and the fourth that is held on board an international ship off Hodeidah.
An explosive device planted by members of the Houthi militia exploded on the dirt road leading to the city of Al-Tahita Wednesday evening, while the militias shelled residential neighborhoods south of the city center of Al-Tahita with artillery.
The sources added that a number of mortar shells fired by the militias fell near the homes of citizens in the densely populated neighborhoods south of the city. Heavy mortar shells 120 and 82 caliber artillery were used during the shelling.
Houthi militias targeted the joint forces ’positions in Al-Duraimi district with various types of weapons, and fired 120-mm heavy mortar shells towards the joint forces’ sites east of the district.
Militia members targeted sites with medium-caliber 12.7 machine-guns, with pica-rate weapons and sniper weapons, intensively and continuously during daylight hours.
The bombing and targeting operations come after less than 24 hours have passed since the militia launched a large-scale attack in the east of Al-Darahmi, and the joint forces confronted it.
