Yahya Saree: Saudi aircraft carried out 105 air and missile strikes on Yemen in the past 24 hours
According to the spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces, the strikes targeted the capital Sanaa and eight provinces, bringing the total since the escalation began to 4,369.
The spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, stated on 7 November that Saudi military aircraft had carried out 105 air and missile strikes on Yemen over the past 24 hours.
According to Saree, the strikes targeted civilian objects in the capital Sanaa and in the provinces of al-Jawf, Taiz, Amran, Hajjah, Saada, Marib and Lahj. The air strikes were carried out by F-15 and Typhoon aircraft taking off from the Khamis Mushait and Taif bases, while the missile strikes were launched from Najran and Jizan.
The statement said the strikes left dozens of civilians martyred and wounded, most of them women and children. Saree added that the total number of Saudi air and missile strikes on Yemen since the start of the escalation has reached 4,369.
The statement came after Saudi strikes on homes in the Bani Hushaysh district east of Sanaa. Yemen's Ministry of Health had announced that the death toll from those strikes had risen to 25 martyrs and the number of wounded to 30.
On the same day, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced that they had carried out six operations deep inside Saudi Arabia with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones. According to the statement, the first operation targeted Khalid airport, oil storage tanks and a distillation tower belonging to Aramco in Riyadh, and the second targeted an Aramco facility in Khurais.
A day earlier, on 6 November, Yahya Saree had said that Saudi aircraft carried out 67 air and missile strikes on Yemen in the preceding 24 hours. Saree is the official military spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces and announces statements on the army's operations.
