Houthis say Saudi airstrikes kill 33 near Sanaa
Houthi-run authorities say Saudi airstrikes killed at least 33 people, mostly women and children, in a village near Sanaa; Reuters could not verify the toll and Saudi Arabia says it is investigating.
At least 33 people were killed and 39 wounded on Saturday 7 November in airstrikes on a village near Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run authorities said, blaming Saudi Arabia. The Houthi-run health ministry said most of those killed were women and children.
Accounts of the location differ. The health ministry, cited by Reuters, said the strikes hit homes in Bani Hushaysh, east of Sanaa, while the BBC, citing Houthi media, named the area as al-Shariyah, a town east of the capital. Reuters said it could not independently verify the account, and Saudi Arabia’s Center for International Communication said it was investigating the report. Abdul-Aziz al-Dailami, director of Sehatuna Hospital in Sanaa, told Reuters that victims, including first responders, were trapped under rubble and that some medical responders had been killed.
Fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned Houthis resumed in July, shattering a 2022 UN-brokered truce. The Houthis have since launched missile and drone attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities, while Riyadh has carried out airstrikes in support of its Yemeni allies. The BBC cited UN figures of more than 1,600 people killed since the fighting resumed.