Yemen's Houthi militia has claimed responsibility for a ballistic missile assault that killed two people and injured seven others in the Saudi Arabian city of Samtah.

"Three ballistic missiles attacked and destroyed sensitive sites in (Saudi Arabia's southern region of) Jizan," militia spokesperson Yehya Sarea said in a statement carried on Houthi-run al-Masirah TV on Saturday. "The strike was in reaction to the Saudi-led coalition's intensification of its aggression against our nation," he continued.

According to Saudi official media, a Houthi missile strike on a vehicle maintenance workshop in Samtah killed a Saudi citizen and a Yemeni migrant worker, and injured seven others. After the Iran-backed Houthi militia drove him out of the capital Sanaa, the Saudi-led coalition intervened in the Yemeni war in 2015 to protect President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's internationally recognised government.

The Houthi group has recently increased drone and missile strikes on Saudi cities across the border. The Houthi militia began a strong offensive against the Yemeni government army in February in order to take control of the oil-rich region of Marib.

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