Yemeni Shia rebels reported on Tuesday that two women were killed and a child was wounded in Saudi air strikes on Yemeni villages near the two countries’ border.
One of the raids “hit a house, martyring two women and wounding a child” in Shida, the rebels said in a statement posted on their website, adding that a government building was targeted in the village.
The Zaidi Shia rebels, known as Huthis, said Saudi aircraft also continued to bomb the Yemeni villages of Malaheez and Hassameh, as well as in Razeh and Wahidan.
With a long-running conflict between the Huthis and Sanaa spilling over, Saudi Arabia began attacks on Yemeni rebel positions on November 3. Riyadh said the strikes have been restricted to Saudi territory.
Riyadh also said it launched reprisals against the rebels after they attacked the Jabal al-Dukhan border area last week, killing one Saudi border guard and wounding 11 others.
The Yemeni government launched an all-out offensive called Operation Scorched Earth against the rebels on August 11.