Overview
- Houthi ballistic missiles and drones struck military camps and displacement and residential sites in Marib and Hadramawt, prompting government alarms and reports of civilian and military casualties.
- Casualty totals are contested with official defence statements saying 17 troops were killed in the attacks while other accounts report higher military losses and civilian deaths in displacement camps.
- Yemen’s armed forces said they launched coordinated operations on multiple fronts targeting Houthi fighters and equipment, a move the army framed as retaliation and a deterrent against further strikes.
- UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg warned that the country faces its greatest risk of renewed large-scale conflict since the UN-brokered 2022 truce and urged restraint to avoid regional spillover.
- The strikes hit Marib, which hosts large numbers of internally displaced people, worsening humanitarian needs and raising wider regional tensions because actors describe the Houthis as Iran-aligned.