Newsyemen warned hours ago of a major operation ... the story of the largest Houthi attack on Hays
English - Sunday 12 January 2020 الساعة 03:45 pm
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The day after Newsyemen warning of significant Houthi reinforcements and developments towards a major military escalation in Hays, the joint forces responded to the largest militia attack on the district south of Hodeidah Governorate on Saturday evening, January 11, 2020, and Iranian arm militants suffered heavy casualties and equipment.
Newsyemen reported, on Friday, that militias have created trenches and brought in major reinforcements to launch new attacks and escalate military operations targeting the district in conjunction with similar movements in al-Durahimi and al-Tahita.
Houthi militias have created various tunnel sites and excavations and new barricades at the outskirts of the Hays district, south of Hodeidah, to coincide with the continuation of the bombing and targeting operations.
A field source in Hays said that the reconnaissance operations revealed the continuation of excavations and developments and the addition of trenches and barricades at the outskirts of the district, and from the east, southeast and northwest sides, in addition to barricades that were created inside citizens ’homes and others between homes in villages whose residents were forcibly displaced.
Houthi militias launched a large-scale attack on the directorate on Saturday evening from different directions, after they called in reinforcements from the Ibb governorate that included heavy and medium weapons and hundreds of militants, according to field military sources.
According to the sources, the joint forces were able to deal with the Houthi attack, and they fought violent clashes with militia militants that lasted for hours and used various types of artillery and heavy and medium weapons.
The sources confirmed that the joint forces that were able to counter the attack of the militias inflicted heavy losses on the Houthis and destroyed heavy and medium weapons belonging to the militias.
On Friday night, the joint forces responded to an attack by the Houthi militia on the Al-Durahimi directorate, targeting the joint forces ’sites east of the district in the southern outskirts of Hodeidah and using various types of weapons.
The combined forces fought violent clashes with militia militants for hours. The sources confirmed that the joint forces that thwarted the attack killed and wounded a number of militants and destroyed equipment.
The sources confirmed that approximately 44 Houthi gunmen were killed and wounded, while the joint forces responded to the militia attacks on the Hay district and other areas in Hodeidah
