SANA’A -- Yemen’s armed forces announced that they carried out four military operations targeting sites deep inside Saudi Arabia over the previous 48 hours, including the Ministry of Defense in Riyadh, Saudi Aramco facilities in Yanbu and two airports, using ballistic missiles and drones, according to military spokesman Yahya Saree.
Saree said the first operation targeted the Saudi Ministry of Defense building in Riyadh, scoring a 
direct hit. The second targeted King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, disrupting air traffic. The third targeted Saudi Aramco facilities in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, causing a fire, while the fourth targeted Abha International Airport and scored a direct hit.
The strikes on the Saudi airports came in response to Saudi attacks on airports in Yemen, including Sana’a International Airport, as part of an “airport for airport” equation.
Yemeni officials have linked the response to the Saudi-led blockade and restrictions on access to the country, saying operations will continue in line with their stated policy of “blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation.”
Saree said Saudi attacks on Yemen had intensified over the past 100 days, with more than 2,900 air and missile strikes targeting civilian sites during the period. Dozens of those attacks had killed or injured more than 562 people, mostly women and children.
The statement warned Riyadh against threats to target Yemeni tribes, saying that carrying out such threats would have “catastrophic and unpredictable” consequences for Saudi Arabia. 
Saree said Yemen’s armed forces could resort to options they had previously refrained from pursuing, holding Saudi Arabia responsible for the consequences of any such action. He said operations against targets deep inside Saudi territory would continue, reaffirming the equation of “blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation.”
On Friday, reports cited in the account said Saudi airstrikes killed nine civilians and wounded four others in Yemen’s Ta’izz province, while separate attacks killed eight Yemeni fishermen off the Ta’izz coast. Another civilian was killed and four people were wounded in the same province.
Human rights monitors described the attacks on residential homes in the Al-Maafir, Dhubab, At-Taiziyah and Ash-Shamayatayn districts of Ta’izz, as well as in Bakil al-Mir district in Hajjah, as “six bloody crimes,” saying the targeting of homes could not be considered collateral damage or isolated incidents but rather a “dangerous pattern of aggression against civilians.”
In a separate statement, Saree said preliminary information indicated that Saudi Arabia had targeted an Indian recreational boat near Zuqar Island in the Red Sea, with 14 Indian nationals on board. Yemen’s armed forces were conducting a rescue operation to save those aboard, he said, adding that further details would be released later.
Saree described the incident as a reckless act and warned that such strikes endanger international shipping in the Red Sea. He called on the international community to pressure Saudi Arabia to halt its attacks and prevent similar incidents from recurring.