JEDDAH: Saudi forces on Tuesday morning killed 30 Houthis trying to cross the border in the Rabuah region, and destroyed four vehicles used to transport them. There were no Saudi casualties.

“There was an attempt, as usual, to breach the border and sneak into Saudi territory but the ... armed forces as a whole, were watching them and this attempt was thwarted,” Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri, spokesman of the coalition, said.

“Those who tried to infiltrate were killed and the situation is stable, thanks be to God,” he added.

The Houthi misadventure follows another infiltration attempt in the Harath district border area, which resulted in some of them being killed.