Yemen's army says about 127 Houthi fighters and commanders were killed or wounded in a single day of strikes and ground fighting across several fronts, as its Dawn of Yemen campaign pressed on on Monday, 9 November.

Army spokesman Colonel Majid Al-Nuzaili said the operations destroyed or damaged around 158 military vehicles and pieces of equipment. He put the toll at about 127 Houthi commanders and fighters killed or wounded, according to preliminary field estimates, and said dozens more had fled their positions in Al-Jawf, Marib and Taiz.

Almost 1,000 strikes in a day

Al-Nuzaili said the day's operations included 17 airstrikes and 123 drone strikes against Houthi positions, gatherings and vehicles. Rocket-launcher units carried out 60 strikes, while artillery units fired 782 rounds at Houthi fortifications, firing points, sniper positions and reinforcements.

The fighting covered the fronts in Al-Jawf, Marib, Al-Mudharaba and the southwestern front. In total, the army said it had carried out 982 strikes against Houthi targets in the previous hours.

Gains claimed in Lahj and Al-Jawf

On the ground, the army said government forces had advanced in Al-Jawf and captured strategically important high ground. Forces from the National Shield, the Giants Brigades and the National Resistance carried out offensive operations on the southern and southwestern fronts, recapturing strategic positions, the spokesman said.

The government's National Shield Forces said separately that they had seized positions on the al-Muhawala front in western Lahj after a large-scale assault on Houthi positions, claiming dozens of Houthi fighters had been killed or wounded there.

The reported gains in Al-Jawf follow several days of advances in the governorate, east of the Houthi-held capital Sanaa. An Al Jazeera Arabic reporter visited the al-Jawf front line on 6 November and documented trenches and fortifications in positions that government commanders said had been captured from the Houthis, with battles continuing nearby.

Taiz fighting continues

In Taiz, the army said it had repelled Houthi attacks and targeted the sources of their fire. The Houthis have continued attacking Taiz, where they have encircled the city, imposing a siege for more than a month, according to Al Jazeera.

The escalation carries a severe humanitarian cost in Taiz. Nine civilians, including two children, were wounded in shelling and gunfire in several areas on Sunday, according to reports published on Monday by the state-run Saba news agency.

Claims not independently verified

The casualty and equipment figures are the army's own claims and could not be independently verified, Al Jazeera noted in its reporting of the daily update.

The Houthis have given a very different account of the day. Their military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said on Monday that Saudi forces had carried out more than 100 airstrikes in the preceding 24 hours, targeting Marib, Sanaa, Hodeidah, Taiz, Lahj and al-Jawf.

The recent clashes fall under Operation Dawn of Yemen, which began on 5 October in an attempt to reverse Houthi gains made along the Red Sea coast the previous month and eventually defeat the group. The army said it would continue its military operations and was taking the necessary precautions to protect civilians and civilian facilities.