Evidence

Multiple independent news outlets reported official statements matching the substance of this claim. Aaj English TV and Al Jazeera reported that the Saudi-led coalition (spokesman Maj-Gen Turki al-Maliki) said it had destroyed 136 Houthi military targets, and that Yemeni military spokesman Brig-Gen Majed Abdullah Al Nadhib said government forces carried out 2,750 strikes in 24 hours and had 'neutralised' more than 1,400 Houthi fighters. A separate Al Jazeera/Yahoo News report (dated Oct 8) said Yemeni government forces claimed to have 'neutralised' 1,860 Houthis, with the coalition saying it destroyed 82 targets in Saada, Hodeidah, al-Jawf and Marib. A further Al Jazeera piece ('Has Yemen returned to full-scale war?') references the 136-target figure. These are self-reported combatant claims relayed by media during an active Saudi/Yemeni-government offensive against the Houthis (branded 'Operation Dawn of Yemen'); no independent military analyst, UN body, or named fact-checking organization (Reuters, AFP, Bellingcat, EUvsDisinfo) was found to have separately verified the casualty or target-destruction figures, and no fact-check specifically assessing this claim's numbers was located.