ALWAGHT- Saudi air raids and artillery fire have killed and injured civilians, including children, across Taiz, Saada, al-Jawf and Sanaa, striking residential properties and other civilian locations.
Saudi warplanes carried out 119 airstrikes and missile attacks across Yemen in 24 hours, targeting civilian areas in Sanaa and the governorates of al-Jawf, Taiz, Saada, Marib, Lahij, al-Bayda and Ibb, according to Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree. He said the attacks, involving F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets and missiles launched from Saudi territory, killed and wounded civilians, including women and children. The total number of Saudi attacks since the escalation began has reached 2,177, he added.
In al-Jawf, the death toll from strikes on civilian homes in Khabb wa ash Sha’af district rose to eight, including two children, while 16 people were reported killed or wounded overall. In Sanaa, one civilian was killed and five others injured in an attack on Hamdan district. Saudi aircraft also struck a residential neighborhood near Airport Road and targeted a house in Saada’s Baqim district, where rocket attacks were also reported.
In Taiz, Saudi airstrikes hit residential areas and roads in several districts, causing extensive property damage and injuring civilians. Three people, including a woman, were wounded in an attack on a home east of Taiz city. Separately, a child was killed and his mother injured by a projectile attributed to Saudi-backed forces, while artillery shelling in another district killed a girl and wounded an elderly man.
Yemen’s Health Ministry reported that Saudi attacks killed 91 people and injured 168 between September 3 and the evening of October 10, with women and children accounting for 60% of the casualties. On October 11, further airstrikes killed a child in Sanaa’s Bab Shu’ub area and wounded six civilians, including a woman and another child. Saudi aircraft also targeted Sanaa International Airport, according to Yemen’s Saba News Agency.
