ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Fighters of the Houthi rebel group opened fire on Monday and targeted a local ceasefire monitoring team in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a military official told Xinhua.
The local military official said on condition of anonymity that "a government team tasked with monitoring the ceasefire came under fire from the Houthi fighters in Kilo 16 area, east of Hodeidah."
The source confirmed that the shooting led to the killing of a soldier and injuring a pro-government officer named as Mohammed Ahmed Azab, a member of the government's ceasefire monitoring team in Hodeidah.
He clarified that the government team came under fire upon arrival in Kilo 16 area on their way to meet Abhijit Guha, the newly-appointed head of the UN monitoring mission, to install the third point for a ceasefire in Kilo 13 area.
The first phase deploying cease-fire observers in Hodeidah includes establishing four observation points near the military contact lines, while the second phase will be through the deployment of cease-fire observers in areas in Hodeidah's countryside.
Two ceasefire monitoring points have already been established on the outskirts of Hodeidah in the past two days, while two more are expected to be deployed during the upcoming days.
The observation points would be manned by liaison officers from both warring parties in accordance with a UN-sponsored cease-fire agreement reached in Stockholm in December 2018.
Hodeidah is the main Yemeni port city on the Red Sea and key lifeline entry of most Yemen's commercial imports and humanitarian aid.
The grinding war of more than four years has pushed over 20 million people to the verge of starvation.
Iran-allied Houthi rebels control much of Hodeidah while the Saudi-backed government troops have advanced to the southeastern districts.
The cease-fire deal was seen as the first phase toward achieving a comprehensive political solution to end the civil war.
