Violent confrontations renewed between the joint forces and the terrorist Houthi militia, at dawn on Saturday, on the Al-Dhalea front, following an attack by the militia towards the “Al-Jub” camp, which resulted in deaths and injuries on both sides.

Field military sources confirmed that violent confrontations took place between the joint forces and the Houthi militia (classified on the terrorist list), following a surprise attack launched by the latter on the “Al-Jub-Hajar” front on the southwestern axis of the Al-Fakher sector, west of the city of Qataba, the center of the district.

The sources reported that the Houthi militia pushed its full military and human weight to try to advance towards the strategic “Al-Jub” camp, southwest of the city of Al-Fakher, under heavy fire cover with heavy and medium machine guns and artillery shells.

The Houthi groups launched an attack from several axes, which resulted in the martyrdom of two soldiers from the joint forces, including the martyr Masoud Ali Musaad al-Naqib, from the “Al-Shaghader-Hajar” area of ​​Qataba, and the wounding of three others.

The sources reported that the joint forces inflicted heavy losses on the Houthi groups in lives and equipment, and imposed a siege on them that lasted for hours before they were able to flee and recover the bodies of their dead.

This comes after it sent successive military and human reinforcements to the Al-Fakher front, which it brought in through Al-Hamza camp in the neighboring Ibb governorate.