No truce in Yemen .. raids, clashes and the exchange of accusations between the parties

Military operations in Yemen continued a week after the Saudi-Emirati coalition announced a temporary, extendable truce, amid mutual accusations between the conflicting parties of violating it.

The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Sari, said that the Saudi-Emirati coalition planes launched 25 good raids during six hours from midnight yesterday until Thursday morning.

He added that three raids targeted a mountainous area in the Hamadan area, north of Sanaa, noting that the raids were distributed between the governorates of Sana'a, Al-Jawf, Amran, Marib, and Al-Hodeidah.

He continued that what he described as the forces of aggression launched since the dawn of today a large-scale ground offensive from several axes in the opposite area of ​​Al-Malahit in Saada Governorate (north of Yemen) off Al-Khoba in the Saudi Jazan Province.

The Houthi group said that three civilians were wounded yesterday by a Saudi artillery attack targeting a village in Razih district of Saada, to the north of Al-Malahit, pointing to air strikes launched simultaneously on the Baqim district, which in turn is in Saada.

The coalition announced a two-week truce that was supposed to take effect from last Thursday in all parts of Yemen, but the Houthis have since talked about dozens of air and ground attacks on their sites in several governorates, including Hajjah, Al-Jawf, Saada and Marib.

In exchange for the Houthis accusing the Saudi-Emirati coalition of continuing the military escalation, the coalition said yesterday that the Houthis committed 547 violations of the ceasefire agreement, in which they used all types of weapons and ballistic missiles.

The coalition confirmed that it remains committed to a comprehensive ceasefire, stressing that the Yemeni army is also committed to the same position.

For its part, the Yemeni army accused the Houthis of violating the armistice, and said that they are launching attacks, and are pushing reinforcements to some fronts, including the Naham front east of Sanaa.

Politically, Houthi High Council member Muhammad Ali al-Houthi said yesterday that the group had received a response from the UN's envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to an initiative the Houthis had offered to end the war.

Muhammad Ali al-Houthi added in a tweet on Twitter that the group was studying the international response to its initiative, which it called "the document of a comprehensive solution."

The Houthi leader stressed that stopping what he described as aggression, the lifting of the blockade and the adoption of humanitarian and economic measures are matters that are a priority for the Yemeni people and are the gateway to true peace.

Other Houthi leaders described the truce announced by Riyadh as a maneuver aimed at disrupting the solution initiative they presented, stressing in statements to the island that the continuation of the siege means the continuation of the war.

It is noteworthy that the UN envoy to Yemen announced last Thursday that he had sent to both the Yemeni government and the Houthis a comprehensive initiative for a ceasefire, expressing his hope that it would be signed quickly.