Saudi airstrikes and border shelling leave over 80 civilian casualties across northern Yemen.
Waves of heavy Saudi airstrikes and cross-border artillery bombardment have hit targets across northern Yemen, leaving dozens of civilians dead and causing widespread destruction to critical urban infrastructure, according to statements by local authorities and military officials.
The bombings hit the capital Sana'a heavily, targeting the Yemen Oil Company building on Street 60, damaging the surrounding houses, and destroying the local Al-Mafzar gas station along with 13 fuel tankers.
Yemen's Ministry of Health reported at least 84 civilian casualties from intense airstrikes in the past two days in Bani Khoshash district east of the capital, with mass public funerals scheduled for Sanaas al-Sabin Square.
In a statement covering the escalation, the spokesman for Yemen's armed forces confirmed that Saudi forces had carried out 109 airstrikes and missile attacks over a 24-hour period, targeting Sana'a along the border governorates of Saada, Marib and al-Jouf.
Heavy Saudi artillery fire originating from the border areas of Najran and Jazan was also reported, hitting populated civilian areas in Katabir and Saada provinces.