The Yemeni government responds to Houthi messages to citizens of the southern governorates and a new attack on Aden

On Friday, the Ministry of the Interior of the internationally recognized Yemeni government issued a statement warning citizens in the southern governorates, especially Aden, against being drawn into text messages broadcast by the Houthi militias through the “Yemen Mobile” and “You” networks, which it said aim to mislead, lure, spread rumors, and destabilize security and stability. The ministry said in its statement that it calls on “citizens to ignore these messages and not recirculate them or respond to the misleading calls and promises they contain,” according to the version of the Saba agency run by the internationally recognized government.

The Yemeni Ministry of Interior also warned "against falling victim to the false promises made by the Houthi militia to lure citizens and ensnare them into its traps, as the fate of many who were deceived by the promises of those terrorist militias has ended in kidnapping, forced disappearance, torture, abuse, physical liquidation, and other violations," she said. The Yemeni Ministry of Interior confirmed that employing telecommunications networks and the Internet to propagate the Houthi militia and plan and implement attacks with missiles and drones against civilians and civilian and service facilities via communications represent “war crimes that have no statute of limitations” and require legal accountability, and the security services will pursue anyone proven to be involved in these crimes.

Yemeni sources revealed that the Houthi militia used communications networks to send text messages containing threats and warnings to residents of the city of Taiz, southwest of Yemen, the city of Aden and the southern governorates, coinciding with the military escalation and bombing. At the same time, the Yemeni army announced on Friday that it had carried out, during the past hours, 943 raids and operations targeting Houthi gatherings and locations as part of Operation “Yemen Dawn.”

The spokesman for the Yemeni government forces, Colonel Majid Al-Nuzaili, explained that the strikes included 18 raids by military aircraft, 21 targeting operations by drones, 27 by launchers, and 877 by field artillery, targeting militia positions on a number of combat fronts, according to what Saba Agency reported. At the same time, Colonel Majid Al-Nuzaili said in a statement, “On Friday evening, the Houthi terrorist militia targeted the temporary capital, Aden, with ballistic missiles, in a terrorist act that targets civilians and civilian objects, threatens the security and safety of the population, and represents a dangerous escalation for which the militia bears full responsibility for its repercussions.”

While a Houthi military source claimed that they targeted "a gathering of Saudi officers in Jabal Hadid camp in Aden," according to the Houthi version of Saba Agency.