{"id":2085,"date":"2026-10-03T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T05:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T05:04:03","slug":"saudi-arabia-intercepts-three-houthi-missiles-four-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2085","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia intercepts three Houthi missiles, four drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Saudi Arabia\u2019s air defences intercepted and destroyed three ballistic missiles launched by Houthi militants toward Khamis Mushait in the kingdom\u2019s southwest, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coalition spokesperson Maj-Gen. Turki Al Maliki on Friday said a missile fired toward the city was intercepted and destroyed at around 3am, shortly after two other missiles targeting the same area were also brought down.<\/p>\n<p>Four Houthi drones were also reportedly intercepted.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Saudi Civil Defence said a Houthi projectile struck a school in Najran, causing material damage but no casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Yemeni armed forces said they had conducted 474 air strikes and precision targeting operations against Houthi positions, movements, reinforcements and military capabilities over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The operations involved warplanes, drones, artillery, missiles and rocket launchers across several fronts, including south of Haradh, the coastal areas, Kattaf, Marib, Al-Bayda, Lahj, Sanaa and Saada.<\/p>\n<p>The forces said the operations were particularly focused on the Taiz fronts, where they targeted Houthi positions, gatherings and reinforcements, as well as command-and-control centres and other military capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the operations killed or wounded 1,540 Houthi fighters, most of them on the Taiz fronts, while 216 military vehicles and other capabilities were destroyed or disabled.<\/p>\n<p>The operations also disrupted Houthi attempts to make a breakthrough on the Taiz fronts, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The Yemeni armed forces vowed to continue their operations to restore state authority and safeguard the country\u2019s security and sovereignty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s air defences intercepted and destroyed three ballistic missiles launched by Houthi militants toward Khamis Mushait in the kingdom\u2019s southwest, the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen said. Coalition spokesperson Maj-Gen. Turki Al Maliki on Friday said a missile fired toward the city was intercepted and destroyed at around 3am, shortly after two other missiles targeting the same area were also brought down. Four Houthi drones were also reportedly intercepted. Separately, Saudi Civil Defence said a Houthi projectile struck a school in Najran, causing material damage but no casualties.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}