The Houthi health ministry said on Saturday that a Saudi airstrike on al-Shariya village near Sanaa killed 22 people and wounded 30, with spokesman Anis al-Asbahi saying most of the victims were women and children, according to the Houthi-run Saba news agency as reported by Yonhap. No independent source has verified the strike and Saudi Arabia gave no immediate response. The Saudi-led coalition said separately on Saturday that it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi missile fired toward Riyadh, and that an alert it had issued for the southern Najran region had been lifted.
Houthis say Saudi strike near Sanaa killed 22 people
The Houthi health ministry said a Saudi airstrike on al-Shariya village near Sanaa on Saturday killed 22 people and wounded 30, a claim carried by the Houthi-run Saba agency with no independent verification and no immediate Saudi response.
Why it matters: A second claimed mass-casualty strike in two days, alongside a coalition claim of a Houthi missile intercepted en route to Riyadh, points to the Yemen fighting escalating again after the contested Taiz market attack.
Data as of Yonhap report of November 7, 2026, read in full via the estate browser route, in Korean. The casualty figures are the Houthi health ministry's claim, relayed by the Houthi-run Saba agency and reported by AP and AFP; no independent outlet has verified the strike and Saudi Arabia had not responded. Developing item.
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