Houthis sending children to frontlines in repeated attacks, Yemeni official says
A Yemeni media adviser accused the Houthis of using children in waves of attacks to exhaust government forces, as fighting intensifies in Taiz.
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AIYemeni Ministry of Information adviser Arif Abu Hatim has accused the Houthi militia of sending minors to the frontlines as fuel for repeated attacks aimed at wearing down Yemen's battlefronts.
Speaking to Al Ekhbariya TV, Abu Hatim said that the people of Taiz and the national army are engaged in an existential battle to defend their land and dignity.
He added that the Houthis show no sense of responsibility and rely on multi-layered assault tactics, claiming this strategy will exhaust their opponents.
The adviser noted that the first waves deployed by the Houthis are often schoolchildren, stressing that the people of Taiz see the fight against the militia as a matter of survival and categorically reject their incursion.
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