Houthi media outlet launched footage of destruction and rescue efforts after the Saudi air strike on al-Hazm jail.
Printed 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 individuals, together with a toddler.
The strike on the Central Corrective Facility in al-Jawf province, on the Yemeni facet of the border with Saudi Arabia, additionally wounded at the very least seven individuals, 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 folks looking out by the rubble.
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the allegations.
Al Masirah TV additionally launched footage it claims exhibits 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 continuing Saudi aggression towards Yemen won’t go unpunished, and the Saudi enemy should bear the results of its crimes towards the Yemeni individuals,” 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 vital territorial positive aspects 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 regulate the vital Bab al-Mandeb strait, with tons of of individuals reportedly killed over the previous 24 hours.
Air strikes on prisons have occurred a number of instances throughout Yemen’s decade-long warfare. In 2022, the Saudi-led coalition struck a detention facility in Saada province, killing at the very least 87 prisoners and wounding about 266 others.
In 2019, the coalition struck a Houthi-run detention facility in Dhamar province, killing greater than 100 individuals and wounding dozens.
