The death toll from Saudi airstrikes in Yemen’s Sanaa province has risen to 44, including 21 children and 10 women, according to the Houthi authorities.
The Houthis’ television channel, Almasirah, reported on Monday that 40 other people were wounded in the strikes on the Alshariyah area of Bani Hushaysh, east of Sanaa.
“The toll from the Saudi enemy’s massacre in the Alshariyah area of Bani Hushaysh, east of Sanaa, has risen to 84 casualties: 44 martyrs and 40 wounded,” the Houthis’ ministry of health said, according to the group’s Almasirah TV channel.
The ministry added that rescue workers were still searching the affected area for people missing after the attacks.
“Rescue teams are still searching for the missing,” it added.
The latest casualties come amid renewed hostilities in Yemen following the collapse of a truce in July.
The 2022 agreement had temporarily halted fighting in the country’s protracted conflict between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government.
Since the resumption of hostilities, Saudi Arabia and the Houthis have exchanged attacks, with the rebel group targeting Saudi airports, energy infrastructure and military installations.
On Sunday, the Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack on Riyadh’s financial district, the Saudi capital, with eyewitnesses reportedly observing damage to a skyscraper owned by oil giant Aramco.
According to the United Nations, the renewed fighting has claimed more than 1,600 lives and displaced over 300,000 people in Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries.
AFP
