Around 73 people were injured in the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia by Iran-backed Houthis, according to a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. The coalition said that the militia's hostile approach "will be responded to firmly".
The list of injured included women and children.
Coalition spokesperson Major-General Turki al-Maliki said that the attacks targeted civilian and economic sites in Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran.
He did not say when the attacks took place. The Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen and the northern parts of the country, have been launching attacks on its neighbour since they declared a naval blockade in July against Riyadh.
Al-Maliki called the attacks a dangerous escalation and a blatant violation of Saudi Arabia's sovereignty and a direct threat to the safety and security of its citizens and residents.
"The coalition will take all necessary operational measures to deter this terrorist militia and resolutely confront its hostile approach," Colonel Turki al-Malki said in a statement on X.
“The Command will also take all necessary measures and actions to respond to the sources of the threat and neutralise its danger,” the statement said.
The announcement comes just a month after an attack wounded 11 civilians in Saudi’s Najran province in the south.
On August 6, seven Saudis, including a woman and a four-year-old child, as well as one Yemeni, two Egyptians and one Pakistani national were injured.
The child suffered second-degree burns.
the latest Saudi statement did not provide details of the attacks, such as the weapons and the extent of the damage to the sites it said were targeted.
On Monday, the Financial Times reported that Saudi's Jazan oil facilities were hit in new strikes. The Saudi oil company did not comment on the matter.
