AT LEAST two women were killed and a man injured when Saudi warplanes struck targets across Yemen in the early hours of today.

Missiles struck residential areas of Jawf province, while in Hudaydah province, a fragile ceasefire agreement was violated 197 times in just 24 hours, Yemeni forces claimed.

The Hudaydah attacks included five air strikes, 32 rounds of artillery fire and spy and military aircraft entering Yemeni airspace in breach of a deal intended to secure the safety of the strategic port city.

Yemeni army spokesman Major General Mohammad Nasser al-Atefi warned that the latest round of attacks would trigger reprisals, which he said would “send shivers down the spine” of Saudi Arabians.

He praised recent Yemeni drone strikes targeting oil facilities and other infrastructure “deep inside” the Gulf kingdom.

“What will happen in the future will be different both in terms of nature and extent,” he said, warning of “unprecedented surprises.”

Maj-Gen Atefi said that Yemeni missile power “is now at its apex, given its sophistication, range, accuracy, effectiveness and stealth technology.”

Domestically manufactured drones, a recent development which has enabled the resistance movement to reach targets inside Saudi Arabia, will be equipped with smart systems, he said.

The Sammad-3, named after a former deputy leader of the Houthi movement, has a range of around 930 miles and can be armed with 16kg of explosives.

The home-grown technology will allow the Yemeni military to carry out a number of missions, Maj-Gen Atefi said.

Saudi Arabia, which launched its bombing campaign in March 2015, is backed politically and militarily by Western countries including Britain, France and the United States.

According to the United Nations, at least 377,000 people had been killed by the end of 2021.