Residents in Saada city have appealed to Arab countries that have been conducting airstrikes on Houthi militants to extend a deadline for them to flee the city.
The Saudi-led Arab countries have declared all parts of Saada as a target for airstrikes after the Houthi militants lately attacked two Saudi cities killing several civilians and policemen.
On Thursday, sokesperson for these countries, Ahmed Asiri, gave Yemeni citizens living near residences of Houthi leaders and Houthi weapon depots and camps until 7:00 pm tonight to leave their homes.
Meanwhile, sources in Saada, the stronghold of the Houthi militant group on the border with Saudi Arabia, said on Friday many families are facing difficulties to flee quickly including lack of transport means.
Many other families don't have alternative places to evacuate to as well as money and other supplies to live on during their evacuation, the sources said, while affirming that people have appealed to the Arab countries to give them more time to take necessary arrangements and evacuate.
Reports said Houthi militants are preventing some families from leaving raising fears the militants might use them as human shields.
Some reports said the militants ordered families to sign papers stipulating they will not come back to their homes when the situation returns to normal in Saada.
In the past two days, Saudi-led airstrikes were intensified in Saada and Hajja.
Houthi leadership installations, military camps, military operations and communications buildings and houses of Houthi leaders were targeted.
The airstrikes were in response the Houthi ignorance of a truce proposed by Saudi Arabia to facilitate aid delivery for Yemenis affected by violence and deadly rocket attacks on Saudi border cities.
The Saudi-led airstrikes were launched on March 26 after the militants had ousted transition president and government.
Organizations have lately said civilians were killed in misdirected airstrikes in Yemen while urging to protect and minimize deaths of civilians.