The commander of the Paratroopers' First Brigade has described how his forces recently retook Mt. Doud in Jizan from Yemeni infiltrators. “The mountain was at first occupied by the infiltrators, and they fired three missiles from a tank, before launching showers of mortar fire,” said Major General Sa'eed Al-Ghamdi. “We knew, however, that the tank was old and immobile, and resolved to retake the site, we moved in to do so.” Major General Al-Ghamdi said his troops then intercepted infiltrator messages. “They screamed and shouted at each other, each one blaming the other for losing the site,” he said. Al-Ghamdi said that his forces were subsequently attacked seven times as infiltrators sought to regain the mountain. “We fought battles in Al-Mukhath, Al-Kalah, Al-Khashem, Al-Kabsh and Gharib Kaba'a, this last being one of the fiercest battles of them all, but our brave soldiers were victorious in every confrontation, and we captured large numbers of weapons and some of the aggressors,” he said.
