The 72-hour ceasefire took effect just before midnight Wednesday to allow aid deliveries in Yemen, whose war has killed thousands of people and left millions homeless and hungry. It officially ended at midnight yesterday.
UN special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, had appealed for a renewal of the ceasefire, saying humanitarian aid had during the truce reached areas that were earlier inaccessible.
But Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdulmalek al-Mekhlafi shrugged off the call as "useless", accusing the rebels of ignoring the ceasefire.
Ahmed urged "all parties to agree to its extension for at least another renewable 72 hours", in a statement posted on the envoy's Facebook page shortly before it expired.
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The ceasefire was "largely holding despite reported violations from both sides in several areas", he said.
"We noted over the last days that food and humanitarian supplies were provided to several affected neighbourhoods and that UN personnel were able to reach areas that were previously inaccessible. We would like to build on this and we aim for a wider outreach in the next few days," he added.
Rebel-controlled sabanews.Net website counted nine air strikes on the capital today.
The dawn raids also hit positions in Marib, east of the rebel-held capital, and the southwestern province of Taez, the officials said.
The intensity of air raids by the Saudi-led coalition had eased during the ceasefire.
"An extension (of the truce) would be useless, because even if we accept it, the other party does not make any commitment to respect the ceasefire," Mekhlafi told AFP.
Fighting on the ground was showing no signs of abating.
Fierce clashes raged in northern regions along the borders with Saudi Arabia over the weekend, killing at least 10 rebels and four Yemeni soldiers, military officials said.
Saudi civil defence also reported cross-border bombing which wounded a Yemeni resident of the southwestern city if Najran.
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