Yemen's armed forces say they have carried out 877 strikes on Houthi targets in recent hours, claiming that 138 Houthi fighters were killed or wounded in the latest update from their Operation Dawn of Yemen campaign.

The Yemeni Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that the operations targeted Houthi positions, commanders, reinforcements and military equipment across several fronts. Armed forces spokesperson Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nuzaili announced the figures in a statement posted on X, according to Anadolu Agency.

Breakdown of the claimed strikes

According to the ministry, government forces carried out 23 airstrikes, 44 drone strikes, 37 rocket artillery attacks and 773 field artillery strikes. The ministry said 86 heavy weapons and military vehicles were damaged or destroyed in the operations.

The ministry said those killed or wounded included field commanders allegedly trained by experts from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa and much of northern Yemen, have not commented on the latest claims.

Claims not independently verified

The figures are the army's own claims and have not been independently verified. Battlefield casualty figures in Yemen are routinely disputed, and neither side allows independent access to frontline areas.

Operation Dawn of Yemen is the internationally recognised government's counteroffensive to retake territory lost to the Houthis. Yemen has been gripped by conflict since 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa, and a truce in place since 2022 collapsed in July, triggering renewed fighting across several fronts.