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Coalition intercepts two Houthi missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu; Houthis say Sanaa strikes killed 7
The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles fired at Taif and Yanbu, after brief alerts in Mecca and Jeddah. Houthi sources say Saudi strikes on a house in Sanaa and a cement plant in Hamdan killed 7 people. In Taiz, reports of civilian casualties from Houthi shelling continue.
Summary
- ConfirmedCoalition: two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu intercepted and destroyed.
- ConfirmedSaudi Civil Defense issued alerts for Mecca, Jeddah, Taif and Yanbu, lifting them minutes later.
- AttributedHouthi sources: 7 killed in Saudi strikes on a house in Sanaa's Asr district and a cement plant in Hamdan.
- AttributedRights group: 2 children killed, 3 civilians wounded and 4 abducted in Houthi attacks in Taiz over 24 hours.
- UnverifiedUnconfirmed reports of Houthi commanders killed in rural Taiz and of the death of the group's Hodeidah security chief.
ballistic missiles intercepted heading for Taif and Yanbu
Arab News 11:27Zkilled in strikes on Sanaa and Hamdan, according to Houthi sources
26 12:02Zapproximate shells fired at residential areas of Taiz in 24 hours, per a rights group
Anadolu 11:19ZDevelopments in this window
- UnverifiedHodeidah
Circulating reports say Houthi-appointed Hodeidah security chief killed
Local sources circulated reports that Aziz al-Jaradi, the Houthi-appointed security director of Hodeidah governorate, was killed. Neither the group nor an independent source has confirmed it, and the circumstances are unknown.
Source: almashhad.news - UnverifiedTaiz
Reports of a Houthi brigade commander, chief of staff and operations chief killed in rural Taiz
Al-Mashhad al-Yemeni, citing Sheba Intelligence, said three commanders of a Houthi brigade were killed by heavy machine-gun fire in rural Taiz and that the group opened an internal inquiry. No names were given and the Houthis have not confirmed the incident.
Source: almashhad.news - AttributedTaiz
Civilian killed by shell on his home in Taiz's Old Airport area
Al-Mashhad al-Yemeni reported that teacher Adel Hamid al-Haddad was killed at midday when a shell, which it attributed to the Houthis, hit the roof of his home in the Old Airport area west of Taiz city. The report comes from a single pro-government outlet; there was no Houthi comment.
Source: almashhad.news - AttributedSanaa
Houthis: 7 killed in Saudi strikes on a Sanaa house and a Hamdan cement plant
Houthi sources said a strike on a house in Sanaa's Asr district killed 4 people, while the Houthi-run health ministry reported 3 dead, including a woman and a girl, and 2 wounded at a cement plant in Hamdan district. Saudi media reported the start of air strikes on Houthi positions in Sanaa. The coalition has not commented on the targets or the toll.
- ConfirmedSaudi Arabia
Coalition intercepts two Houthi missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis toward Taif and Yanbu. Saudi Civil Defense had issued alerts for Mecca, Jeddah, Taif and Yanbu, lifting them minutes later. No damage or casualties were announced.
- AttributedTaiz
Rights group: 2 children killed, 3 civilians wounded in Houthi attacks in Taiz
The Yemen Network for Rights and Freedoms said it documented 21 Houthi violations in Taiz over 24 hours, including about 213 shells fired at residential areas. It said two children were killed, 3 civilians including two women were wounded and 4 others abducted. The Houthis did not comment.
Source: Anadolu Agency