SANAA – At least 14 people were killed and 10 others wounded in Saudi airstrikes that hit a market and a fuel station in Yemen's northern province of Al-Jawf on Wednesday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
The channel said several airstrikes struck a public market in Al-Hazm, the provincial capital, while a separate strike hit the nearby Al-Tayseer fuel station, causing casualties at both sites.
The latest figure was up from an earlier toll of 12, with women and children among the casualties, Al-Masirah said, adding that the figure remained preliminary.
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The casualty figures could not be independently verified, and there was no immediate comment from Saudi Arabia on the Houthi media report.
Heavy fighting, airstrikes sweep multiple fronts across Yemen
The reported strikes came amid continued cross-border attacks between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, alongside heavy fighting that swept multiple fronts across Yemen on Wednesday.
Majid al-Nuzaili, spokesperson for the government forces, said in a statement on social media platform X that the forces carried out 749 attacks on Houthi command centers, fortifications, vehicles and supply lines over the past 24 hours.
Al-Nuzaili claimed the operations neutralized 239 Houthi fighters and destroyed or damaged 117 military vehicles and pieces of combat equipment.
He said government forces continued to consolidate gains in the southwestern province of Taiz, while offensive operations continued in other provinces of the country.
Meanwhile, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement on X that Saudi forces carried out 101 air and missile strikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa and eight provinces over the past 24 hours, claiming the attacks left dozens dead or wounded, including women and children.
The figures could not be independently verified.
Yemen has been mired in conflict since late 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of northern Yemen, prompting the Saudi-led coalition to intervene in 2015 in support of the Yemeni government.
