At least 120 people were killed in northern Yemen on Monday, June 2 in fighting between Shi'ite Muslim Houthi rebels and government forces, a Yemeni official said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

Yemeni planes shelled positions held by Houthi fighters in Omran province and army forces clashed with the rebels, killing around 100 of them, Ahmed al-Bekry, deputy governor told Reuters. Twenty government soldiers were also killed in the fighting, he said.