Clashes persisted across the fronts of the Yemeni city of Taiz on Monday, marked by continuous Houthi shelling of residential areas and a tightening of the siege, though no territorial advances were made. Meanwhile, airstrikes targeted the Iran-backed group's reinforcements, command centers, and supply lines, even as humanitarian and health crises worsen for millions of residents.
While the government's Giants Brigades and National Shield forces continue to secure their positions in the Kahbub mountains and the vicinity of Bab al-Mandeb, an escalation in Houthi missile attacks has introduced a new threat to displaced persons and civilians within areas controlled by the Yemeni government.
The Yemeni Armed Forces announced that 753 precise, direct strikes were carried out over the past 24 hours under Operation "Dawn of Yemen," targeting Houthi military capabilities, according to the military's official spokesperson, Colonel Majed Al-Nuzaili.
The operations struck field command and control centers, commanding terrain, fortifications, and firing positions, alongside troop concentrations, reinforcements, and transport and supply assets, he added.
The operations helped disrupt the militants' efforts to deploy fighters into battle while supporting government operations across various fronts, he explained.
Al-Nuzaili said that the strikes neutralized 218 Houthi members and field commanders, and destroyed or disabled 78 vehicles, pieces of machinery, and military transports, in addition to heavy and medium weaponry.
Operations will continue to target the Houthis' capacity to mobilize and reorganize, while maintaining all necessary precautions to protect civilians and civilian objects, he vowed.
Meanwhile, the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms documented 42 crimes and violations committed by the Houthis in Taiz governorate over a 48-hour period, coinciding with the firing of approximately 369 projectiles at residential areas.
According to a report Monday, the network said the attacks resulted in the deaths of four civilians and injuries to seven others, including two 14-year-old girls.
The network reported that the violations included the abduction of citizens from their homes. The report also highlighted raids, intimidation, and pressure to recruit dozens of local residents, alongside the looting of eight homes and assaults on residences.
The repercussions of the Houthi shelling and siege extend beyond direct casualties; the rights network stated that restrictions on movement and supplies hamper the access of patients and the wounded to hospitals, while limiting the capacity of health facilities to operate amid shortages of medicine, fuel, and medical supplies.
The network warned that the health sector in Taiz faces mounting pressures that threaten the continuity of essential services, noting that some 1,280 kidney failure patients are at risk of having their treatment interrupted due to a shortage of dialysis supplies.
Furthermore, the shortage of fuel and medical supplies threatens the lives of 192 patients in intensive care units and 154 infants in incubators.
The report stated that two hospitals, four medical centers, and three medical storehouses sustained damage, including Al-Safwa Hospital, which serves over 50,000 patients.
It noted that 42 health facilities face acute supply shortages, and that hospitals and ambulances require more than 156,000 liters of fuel per month to ensure service continuity amid generator failures and public power grid outages.
