The Saudi-led military coalition operating in Yemen promised to deliver a firm response after cross-border missile and drone strikes launched by Houthi forces wounded 13 civilians across southern Saudi Arabia. Coalition command stated early on Tuesday that projectiles impacted residential districts in Khamis Mushait, Abha, and Taif. The injured sustained minor to moderate wounds, marking one of the most widespread cross-border strikes against urban areas in the kingdom in recent months.
Cross-border barrages have reignited direct friction across the frontier.
Military authorities confirmed that the impacts caused structural damage to seven residential properties and destroyed two civilian vehicles. Major-General Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the joint coalition command, stated that armed forces would act decisively to safeguard the nation. He emphasized that the Joint Forces Command intends to address the cross-border incursions responsibly and firmly to defend the territorial sovereignty of Saudi Arabia against ongoing regional threats.
The military escalation comes amid an acute deterioration in domestic living conditions across Yemen. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that fighting has uprooted at least 18,000 families, accounting for approximately 125,000 individuals, since the start of September. Relief officials warned that expanding military operations are driving displacement, increasing civilian casualties, and exhausting existing logistical capacities across active humanitarian corridors.
Air operations have expanded across several northern and western governorates.
Late on Monday, Houthi military officials claimed that Saudi aircraft conducted 54 separate bombing runs over a 24-hour period across Lahj, Taiz, al-Jawf, Marib, and Hajjah governorates. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said British-built Typhoon and American-manufactured F-15 fighter jets flying out of military installations in Khamis Mushait and Taif carried out the missions. Strikes reportedly hit an administrative government compound in the Khadir district of Taiz, while local media affiliated with the group reported that three civilians, including two children, were killed in strikes hitting Dhubab and Maqbanah districts.
Houthi commanders asserted they would maintain regular drone and ballistic strikes against Saudi military concentrations until coalition operations cease entirely. The Saudi government has not issued an official public response regarding the reported casualties inside Yemen, and the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately return requests for comment.
