# Yemeni government forces claim 1,860 Houthis ‘neutralised’

https://mins.news/en/item/90624

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-08 01:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/8/yemeni-government-forces-claim-1860-houthis-neutralised?traffic_source=rss

> Yemeni government forces say they have “neutralised” 1,860 Houthi fighters and conducted 2,103 “precise targeting operations” since launching a large-scale counter-offensive to retake territory held by the group. The Saudi-led coalition separately said it destroyed 82 Houthi military targets.

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