A spokesperson for Yemen’s government army announced that the country’s forces carried out operations against Houthi forces and equipment.

In a video aired by Yemen’s state television, he said this action was carried out in response to the repeated attacks by the Houthis on government forces and civilians.

He added that the operation reached its objectives and warned that continued attacks by the Houthis would be met with a military response “without mercy.”

The operation was carried out after the Houthis’ extensive attack on government positions on Thursday, which was the deadliest incident of Yemen’s civil war in recent years.