Saudi artillery pounded positions inside Yemen on Monday after renewed rocket fire wounded four women, the Saudi-led coalition said while also countering suggestions that its aerial bombing has been “indiscriminate”.
In an interview with AFP, coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri said Saudi-led forces will continue retaliating against targets over the border until the proposed 11:00 pm (2000 GMT) Tuesday ceasefire, “if they continue to fire their rockets towards our cities, our population”.
Saudi Arabia announced the ceasefire date on Friday after more than six weeks of bombing Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, but said the rebels will also have to abide by it. At the same time, the coalition conducted a record number of sorties, more than 130 from Friday to Saturday.