Houthi losses increased, and rocket and artillery escalation in Hodeidah
English - Saturday 21 December 2019 الساعة 09:15 am
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A military source in the West Coast said on Friday evening: "In a dangerous escalation, the militias launched a rocket and artillery bombardment on separate areas of the Al-Durahimi district.
The information revealed that at least 80 militia members were killed and wounded during the past three days of escalation in Al-Drahami, Al-Tahita and Hays.
The bodies of at least 13 people, and 67 wounded, some of them in critical condition, have reached hospitals in Sana'a and Hodeidah.
Militias with Katyusha rockets targeted areas east of Al-Drahami, and re-targeted them with heavy artillery and during the late hours of the day, the southern outskirts of the district were hit by artillery.
At the same time, militias shelled violently north of the district with 120-mm heavy mortar shells.
The sources indicated that the militias targeted the joint forces' positions with medium machine guns, 14.5 caliber, and 12.7 caliber weapons intensively.
A large number of militia members were wounded, Thursday evening, by the men of the 7th Brigade, the giants stationed in Hays, when they confronted a wide-scale attack from three directions, through the city of Hays, and destroyed equipment and weapons.
