SANA'A, June 05 (Saba) – At least 23 hirelings and al-Qaeda militants, including field leaders, were killed and dozens were injured during repulsing their advance on al-Manaseh area of Baidha province, a military official said Sunday.

The official pointed out that the Saudi-led coalition and its hirelings continued to breach the UN-announced ceasefire during the past 24 hours in several provinces.

In Taiz province, two children from the marginalized were shot dead by the aggression's mercenaries after being detained in al-Khaiyateen neighborhood.

A woman and her daughter were injured with shrapnel when a mortar shell fell on the home of the citizen Ahmed al-Meqdad near Uqbah School in Taiz city.

According to the official, the mercenaries' artillery pounded the houses of citizens in Sofitel neighborhood in the city, which led to the injuring of three citizens, including a nine-year-old child, as well as the bombing of a residential area in al-Hoban with mortar shells.

The aggression's war jets flew intensively in the sky of Mareb, Jawf and Taiz provinces, dropped a sonic bomb on al-Sa'eed area of Sa'ada province, the official said.

The hostile warplanes waged six raids on different areas of Nehm district in Sana'a province and one raid on al-Jannat area in Amran province and two others on Serwah district in Mreb province, he explained.

He added that the aggression's mercenaries pounded several areas in Serwah district with missiles and artillery shells, and attacked al-Maton district in Jawf province and al-Arfan area in Moris district of Dhalea province with medium weapons.

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