Saudi coalition says Houthi missile fired at Medina region intercepted
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At least seven people were killed in a Saudi airstrike in a residential neighbourhood in Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz, as recent weeks saw Saudi strikes hitting civilian areas across the country, according to Iranian news agency Press TV.
Press TV reported, citing the al-Masirah television channel, that the Saudi aerial raid targeted a family house in the al-Barh area of the Maqbanah district in the early hours of Thursday, according to local sources.
The sources added that there were two children among the fatalities. Six family members sustained injuries in the attack as well.
Elsewhere in the northwestern province of Sa’ada, a civilian was killed when Saudi forces shelled the Shada’a district.
The Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population stated on Thursday morning that 12 people were killed and 15 others injured, mostly women and children, in a series of Saudi airstrikes across Yemen over the past 12 hours.
Two Saudi airstrikes struck the homes of two families in Ta’iz. Rescue efforts were carried out by residents, who searched through the debris for survivors and rushed the wounded to hospitals.
In al-Mu’ayteeb village of the Mawiyah district, another Saudi airstrike targeted residential homes, injuring a man and a woman, damaging houses and setting passenger cars on fire.
Saudi warplanes also targeted two health centres in the al-Silw and Hayfan districts. The aircraft targeted two mosques and a public road in the al-Zurbi and Dhi Samir areas as well, according to Press TV.
Furthermore, Saudi fighter jets struck the telecommunications network in the Maran area of the Haydan district in Sa’ada province, destroying two communication towers, a power generator, and maintenance facilities. The attack disrupted residents’ access to communications.
Saudi coalition says Houthi missile fired at Medina region intercepted
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday that a ballistic missile fired by the group at the Medina region, home to one of Islam’s holiest cities, had been intercepted.
“Air defence intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the Medina region,” coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a post on X.
