The Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, has acknowledged the deaths of 20 of its militants in the past week, most of whom held high military ranks. This brings the total number of Houthi casualties since the beginning of the year to 312.

The Houthi-controlled version of the Saba news agency reported that the group had held funeral ceremonies for 20 of its fighters last week, including nine who held military ranks ranging from Brigadier General to Second Lieutenant and Assistant.

Among those mourned in Sana'a were Maher Mohammed Saleh Salah, Abdullah Hamoud Mohammed Al-Shami, Saddam Abdullah Al-Abdi, Dhaif Allah Ismail Al-Ja'adi, Nabil Mansour Al-Rimi, Mohammed Ali Al-Mahdi, Musa Hamoud Ghanem, Abdul Khaliq Hamad Hamadi, Saber Ghazi Al-Himi, Bashar Abdul Rabbuh Bajash, Abdul-Ilah Abdul-Wahab Al-Razmi, and Mu'adh Faisal Rashid.

The group also held funerals in the Hajjah Governorate for four of its fighters: Mohammed Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Ghamari, Hamza Saleh Al-Maliki, Mohammed Tayeb Al-Basha, and Azzam Yahya Al-Mahab. On the same day, they buried Abdul Razzaq Mansour Al-Nahari in the Remah Governorate.

Days earlier, the group had held funerals for Ali Mohammed Muharaki in the Hodeidah Governorate and Abdulsalam Al-Hashemi in the Taiz Governorate.

The Houthis did not provide further details about how their fighters and field commanders were killed. However, Yemeni military sources suggested that they were killed by Yemeni army forces on the fronts of Dhale, Marib, the western coast, and Taiz.

Previously, unofficial statistics indicated that the group had lost more than 292 of its fighters in the first half of this year during scattered clashes with government forces on several fronts. With the funerals held last week, the total number of Houthi casualties since the beginning of the year has risen to 312.

Despite the Yemeni truce that has been in place for two and a half years, the Iranian-backed group has escalated its military attacks on several fronts, most notably in Taiz and southern Marib Governorate. The group has been accused of attempting to undermine peace efforts aimed at ending the conflict and rescuing Yemenis from their dire economic and living conditions.