Houthi media outlet launched footage of destruction and rescue efforts after the Saudi air strike on al-Hazm jail.
Revealed On 7 Sep 2026
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have accused Saudi Arabia of finishing up an air strike on a jail within the northern metropolis of al-Hazm, killing seven folks, together with a toddler.
The strike on the Central Corrective Facility in al-Jawf province, on the Yemeni aspect of the border with Saudi Arabia, additionally wounded not less than seven folks, together with a girl, Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for the Houthi-run Well being Ministry, mentioned on Monday.
The Houthi-run Al Masirah TV channel aired footage it mentioned confirmed the aftermath of the alleged assault, together with a collapsed constructing and other people looking out via the rubble.
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the allegations.
Al Masirah TV additionally launched footage it claims reveals Houthi forces utilizing ballistic missiles to assault Saudi provide vehicles containing navy gear at a border crossing in Yemen’s Hadramout province.
Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree accused Saudi Arabia of “committing massacres” in al-Jawf, flying reconnaissance drones and supplying mercenaries with weaponry.
“The continued Saudi aggression towards Yemen won’t go unpunished, and the Saudi enemy should bear the results of its crimes towards the Yemeni folks,” he mentioned.
Saree additionally claimed that the Houthis had shot down 4 Saudi reconnaissance drones over the earlier 24 hours, together with a CH-4 drone that he mentioned was finishing up “hostile missions” in al-Jawf.
“This plane is the second of this sort that was shot down through the previous 12 hours, and the fourth through the previous 24 hours,” he added.
Dually, Riyadh has not commented on Saree’s allegations.
The Houthi claims come as fighting between the group and Yemen’s internationally recognised authorities has flared up in latest weeks. The Yemeni authorities mentioned it made important territorial features towards the Houthis, together with within the al-Jawf, Bayda, Dahle, and Marib provinces on Sunday.
![Internally displaced (IDP) Yemeni women who fled their homes with their families due to renewed clashes between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the country's Houthi rebels, carry jerrycans after seeking shelter in Mocha, on the Red Sea coast of Yemen on September 7, 2026. [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/afp_6a9f3c52918a-1788820562.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Over the previous days, government-aligned forces conducted counterattacks in Taiz and Hodeidah after the Houthis launched a serious offensive in a wrestle to manage the important Bab al-Mandeb strait, with a whole lot of individuals reportedly killed over the previous 24 hours.
UN Particular Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg known as Monday on the nation’s fighters to halt hostilities and train most restraint, warning that the newest escalation may spiral right into a full-scale battle.
Air strikes on prisons have occurred a number of occasions throughout Yemen’s decade-long battle. In 2022, the Saudi-led coalition struck a detention facility in Saada province, killing not less than 87 prisoners and wounding about 266 others.
In 2019, the coalition struck a Houthi-run detention facility in Dhamar province, killing greater than 100 folks and wounding dozens.
