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Houthi-linked media reported that at least 33 people, including women and children, died in Saudi Arabian air strikes on Saturday. The attacks injured 39 individuals in al-Shariyah, a town east of the capital.
Al Masirah, a television station operated by the Houthis, broadcast live video showing rescuers extracting bodies from destroyed buildings. Footage showed young children among the deceased and injured individuals being transported to hospitals on stretchers.
The Saudi-led coalition, which supports Yemen's internationally recognized government, did not comment on the reported strikes. The Saba news agency, also run by the Houthis, attributed the Saturday attack to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi-led coalition has fought the Houthis for more than a decade, aiming to restore Yemen's internationally recognized government. A truce in the conflict began to unravel after Saudi Arabia conducted a strike on the Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport, which it said was aimed at preventing an Iranian aircraft from landing.
Following that strike, the Iran-backed Houthis launched attacks on Abha airport in Saudi Arabia and targeted Saudi ships in the Red Sea, which Saudi Arabia uses as an alternative oil export route to the Strait of Hormuz. The escalations led to a resumption of significant fighting across Yemen between Houthi forces and those aligned with the Saudi-backed government.
On Friday, an attack on a market in Taiz province killed 30 people. The Houthis accused Saudi forces of the strike, while government forces said the Houthis fired a missile at the market.
The United Nations reported that over 1,600 people have died and more than 300,000 have been displaced since fighting reignited.
Hours before the al-Shariyah strike, the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted a missile heading toward Riyadh.
Mahdi al-Mashat, a Houthi leader, vowed the group would retaliate for the latest attacks.
