Jets raided targets of militants loyal to the Houthi group and former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in a number of southern governorates Friday as part of Operation Renewal of Hope that started Wednesday.

Warplanes raided several strongholds of the Houthis in the city of Aden.

Heavy strikes also hit positions in several other cities.

Medical teams affiliated to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) retrieved 25 bodies from the rubble of sites that were bombed in recent days.

The teams stressed that there are several bodies still under the debris.