Scattered reports of escalating fighting came from Yemen on Thursday. In the evening, several military sources announced that at least 63 people had been killed in clashes between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi movement.
At least 23 government soldiers were killed in rocket and drone attacks, according to sources who spoke to the AFP news agency.
The Houthi movement, in turn, said that around 40 fighters from the movement's armed wing, Ansar Allah, had been killed in Saudi airstrikes and ground battles. The movement also said that four people, including three children, had been killed in the province of Taizz in southwestern Yemen.
During the day, at least one person was killed in western Saudi Arabia by debris when drones from Yemen were shot down, according to the Saudi Civil Defense.
Recently, there has been an escalation between the Houthi movement and the Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen.
The Islamist Houthi movement said on Wednesday that a Saudi fighter jet had been shot down.
