Houthi-run health ministry says airstrikes it blames on Saudi Arabia kill 27 near Yemen capital
The Houthi-run health ministry said most of the dead were women and children, and rescuers were still pulling victims from the rubble.
- On Saturday, the Houthi-run health ministry reported that 27 people were killed and 36 wounded in alleged Saudi airstrikes on homes in Bani Hushaysh, a Houthi stronghold east of Sanaa.
- Renewed fighting between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis has shattered a 2022 UN-brokered truce that largely halted attacks; combat resumed in July after years of relative calm.
- Sehatuna Hospital director Abdul-Aziz al-Dailami reported receiving wounded with critical injuries to the head, chest, and legs, while many victims remained trapped under rubble including first responders.
- More than 200,000 people have been displaced since fighting resumed, the International Organization for Migration reported in October, compounding a 12-year war that has fragmented Yemen into humanitarian crisis.
- Saudi Arabia's Center for International Communication did not immediately comment, saying it would investigate Reuters' inquiries as fighting continues amid the wider US-Iran conflict fueling regional tensions.
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The spokesman for the Yemeni Ministry of Health announced that the number of martyrs in the attack on the Al-Sharriya area in the Bani Hushish district in eastern Sanaa has increased to 44.
The Saudis lead a coalition that has been fighting the Houthis for more than a decade, supporting Yemen's internationally recognized government. The conflict has escalated due to the Iran-Iraq war.
The Huthi militia accuses the Saudi-led military coalition of killing or hurting numerous civilians in neighboring Yemen.
The Yemeni Houthis announced on Saturday the death of 27 people in Saudi strikes on the area of Sana'a, controlled by the pro-Iranian movement, in conflict with the Yemeni government and Saudi Arabia that supports it.
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SIC NotíciasAn air attack on the east of Sana'a in Yemen resulted in more than 30 deaths and nearly 40 injuries, according to Huthis rebels, who are responsible for the coalition led by Saudi Arabia. On the same day, Saudi forces announced that they had intercepted ballistic and cruise missiles launched by Huthis against Riade and other areas of the kingdom.
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