Houthis and Saudi Arabia trade strikes; 129 Saudi air raids in 48 hours, Jizan attack wounds two

The exchange marks a return to direct Saudi-Houthi tit-for-tat strikes rather than the calibrated de-escalation that had largely held since the 2022 truce, and the breadth of targets — Taiz, Marib, Hodeidah, Al Jawf, Saada — suggests operations are no longer confined to a single front. Jizan being hit matters because it puts Saudi civilian infrastructure back in the Houthi targeting set, raising the cost for Riyadh of any continued campaign. Whether this remains retaliatory signalling or escalates into a sustained air war is the open question, with Hodeidah and Marib the places to watch.