Yemen and the region
Conflicting accounts of Taiz market strike as health services face closure
Media accounts differed over responsibility for a strike on al-Makhaf market in Taiz, with no independently verified toll. The provincial health office warned that hospital and health centre services could stop, while a Houthi-appointed official said routes were ready for waste collection trucks; passage has not been verified.
Summary
- DisputedAl-Mashhad al-Yemeni blamed the Houthis for the al-Makhaf market strike, while opposing media headlines blamed Saudi aircraft; there is no independent toll.
- AttributedSada al-Sahel quoted Taiz health officials warning that services at 12 hospitals and 18 health centres could stop.
- AttributedAl-Musawi said 3 waste truck routes were ready; the announcement does not establish that they have opened or that trucks have passed.
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- AttributedTaiz
Taiz health office warns services at 12 hospitals and 18 health centres could stop
Sada al-Sahel quoted Taiz health office director Fahd al-Nadhari as warning that services at 12 hospitals and 18 health centres were at risk of stopping. He said fuel stocks had fallen to 5% and oxygen to 2%, during a meeting with provincial official Abdulqawi al-Mikhlafi. Al-Mikhlafi ordered a report on violations he attributes to the Houthis against the health sector. These are local authority estimates and allegations, not an independent count of new damage during the monitoring window.
Source: sada-alsahel.net - AttributedTaiz
Al-Musawi says waste truck routes are ready and urges the other side to respond
The Houthi-aligned 26 September website quoted Ahmed al-Musawi, the governor appointed by the group, announcing an initiative to facilitate waste truck access to the Mafraq Sharab landfill. He listed 3 routes via Madinat al-Nur, al-Hawban and Usayfirah, reaffirming the readiness of previously announced roads and calling on the opposing authorities to respond. Truck passage has not been verified on the ground; the announcement does not establish a new humanitarian corridor or an end to the siege.
Source: 26sep.net - DisputedTaiz — al-Misrakh
Conflicting accounts of al-Makhaf market strike; toll not independently verified
Al-Mashhad al-Yemeni said a Houthi shell hit al-Najd market in al-Makhaf village, in al-Aqroud, al-Misrakh district, today, leaving 25 people dead or injured, including children. In contrast, headlines from Al-Maalomah and Al-Masirah blamed Saudi aircraft for a strike in the same area. The full texts of those opposing accounts could not be read, and no independent evidence established responsibility or the number of victims. We do not add the reported tolls together or treat the accounts as two separate incidents.