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Airstrikes on a Market in Southwestern Yemen Kill at Least 20, Houthis Say – WTOP News

The death toll from the strike on a busy market in al-Waziyah may rise, and 15 people were wounded, a Houthi health official said.

  • On Friday, airstrikes hit a market in southwestern Yemen, killing at least 20 people, according to an official with Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
  • Fighting resumed between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces, making this incident one of the deadliest attacks in the escalating regional conflict.
  • Houthi health ministry spokesperson Anees Alsabahi told Houthi-run TV Masirah that 15 people were wounded in the strikes in Waziyah, Taiz, and the death toll is expected to rise.
  • Disputing the account, local authorities in Taiz blamed the Houthis for the incident while maintaining that no airstrikes were carried out in the area.
  • The Associated Press could not independently verify the conflicting claims, leaving responsibility for the casualty-heavy attack on the market in dispute.
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More than 30 victims, including dead and injured, in a Saudi attack this morning against a cattle market in Taiz, Yemen: this is reported by media close to the Houthi. (ANSA)

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Airstrikes on a market in southwestern Yemen kill at least 20, Houthis say

CAIRO (AP) — Airstrikes hit a market in southwestern Yemen on Friday, killing at least 20 people, according to an official with Iran-backed Houthi rebels. It would be one of the deadliest attacks since fighting resumed between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces.

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Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer broke the news on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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