The confrontations continued in Hodeidah and its southern sectors against the increasing Houthi escalation
English - Thursday 16 July 2020 الساعة 08:50 am
Hodeidah / Mocha, Newsyemen
The joint forces broken an attack on their positions east of the city of Hays, on Wednesday, in which the militias incurred casualties.
A military source in the joint forces said that the forces of the 7th Brigade fought fierce battles while repelling the attack east of the city, and the Houthis suffered heavy losses.
On Wednesday, Houthi militia resumed hysterical shelling of the city of Hays, south of Hodeidah governorate, in the west of the country.
The sources confirmed that the militia used in the shelling machine guns from Ayari, Beka and 14.5, and launched it from three axes, starting from the south, east and north.
The joint forces thwarted an infiltration attempt at Al-Faza, Al-Tuhita, after new militia reinforcements, and resulted in the injury of 3 Houthi elements.
The joint forces put out militia fire sources targeting citizens ’villages and farms in kilo 16, east of the city of Hodeidah.
A military source in the joint forces said that the Houthi militias targeted the villages and farms of citizens in Lower Najiba and the Kilo 16 sector east of the city of Hodeidah.
The source added that the joint forces managed to successfully deal with Houthi movements towards the Al-Jah region, and the militias inflicted heavy losses.
Militias also targeted residential villages and citizen farms in the mountainous area of the district of Al-Tuhita district, south of Al-Hodeidah, with machine guns of 14.5 and 12.7 caliber, and the rate of pika.
