Yahya Saree: Saudi Arabia carried out 93 air and missile strikes on Yemen in 24 hours
According to the spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces, the strikes targeted civilian sites in the capital Sanaa and nine provinces, bringing the total since the start of the escalation to 3,689.
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces, said on 30 October that Saudi military aviation carried out 93 air and missile strikes on Yemen over the past 24 hours.
Saree said in his statement: "Over the past 24 hours, Saudi military aviation carried out 93 air and missile strikes targeting civilian sites in the capital Sanaa and in the provinces of al-Jawf, Taiz, Saada, Marib, Dhamar, Hajjah, Ibb and Lahj. The strikes were carried out by F-15 and Typhoon aircraft that took off from the Khamis Mushait and Taif bases, while the missile aggression was carried out from Najran and Jizan."
The spokesman added that the total number of air and missile strikes of the Saudi aggression since the start of the escalation against the country has thus reached 3,689.
According to information released by the Yemeni side the same evening, Saudi artillery shelled residential villages in the Al Thabit area of the border district of Qataber, west of Saada province. Saudi aviation struck a house in the al-Masahin area of al-Shamayatain district in southern Taiz province, leaving people martyred and wounded. The Yemeni side said the area was targeted again to prevent paramedics from recovering the martyrs and the wounded.
Tensions between Yemen and Saudi Arabia escalated in September. On 2 October, Yahya Saree said Saudi Arabia had carried out 94 strikes in the previous 24 hours and that the number of strikes since the start of the escalation had reached 1,350.
On 30 October, the Arab coalition said a ballistic missile fired towards the southern region of Saudi Arabia and a drone launched towards Riyadh had been destroyed. The same evening, Yemeni missiles targeted the presidential Maashiq Palace in the city of Aden.
