SANAA: At least 33 people were killed and 39 injured in airstrikes on al-Shariya village in Yemen’s Sanaa province, according to the Houthi-run health ministry. The strikes hit residential buildings in Bani Hushaysh district, east of the capital, on Saturday.
The revised toll was announced by Houthi health ministry spokesperson Anees Alasbahi, who said the dead included 12 men, eight women and 13 children. The injured included 16 men, 10 women and 13 children.
Houthi authorities accused the Saudi-led coalition of carrying out the strikes and alleged that follow-up attacks targeted rescue workers attempting to recover victims from the rubble. The Houthi-run Saba news agency reported that paramedics were hit in two additional strikes.
Abdul-Aziz al-Dailami, director of Sehatuna Hospital in Sanaa, said several people, including first responders, remained trapped under the debris. He said hospitals had received critically injured people with head, chest and leg injuries.
The Houthis also claimed to have carried out six missile and drone operations targeting Saudi oil facilities, Riyadh airport and military positions in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree announced the operations, describing them as retaliation for the airstrikes.
Saudi Arabia’s Center for International Communication said it was investigating the reports of the strikes. The Saudi-led coalition also said it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi missile launched towards Riyadh province on Saturday.
The latest attack follows a strike on a market in Yemen’s Taiz province on Friday that reportedly killed 30 people. The Houthis blamed Saudi airstrikes, while Yemen’s government forces accused the group of firing a ballistic missile at the market.
The renewed fighting has shattered a 2022 UN-brokered truce that had largely halted hostilities between the Houthis, who control Sanaa, and the Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
The conflict has intensified since fighting resumed in July. The International Organization for Migration said more than 200,000 people had been displaced since the latest escalation began.
With input from media reports.