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Reuters carries revised Bani Hushaysh toll; Shura Council urges Taiz ground operation
Reuters carried an updated toll attributed to Houthi authorities after the Bani Hushaysh bombardment, without independent verification of the figures or responsibility. Government-run Saba published the Shura Council’s call for a ground operation to end the Taiz blockade; the appeal is not an announcement that a new operation has begun.
Summary
- AttributedReuters quotes Houthi-run Saba reporting 33 dead and 39 wounded in Bani Hushaysh; the toll is not independently verified.
- ConfirmedGovernment-run Saba publishes the Shura Council’s call for a ground operation and air support in Taiz; only publication of the appeal is confirmed.
- UnverifiedLate reports do not establish additional attacks or battlefield advances; successive tolls for the same incident are not added together.
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- AttributedSanaa — Bani Hushaysh
Reuters carries revised Bani Hushaysh toll: 33 dead, 39 wounded
In an update read on Yahoo, Reuters quoted Houthi-run Saba reporting 33 people killed and 39 wounded in bombardment attributed to Saudi Arabia near Sanaa on Saturday. Reuters said it could not independently verify the account and that Saudi Arabia’s Center for International Communication said it was investigating the report. The Sanaa health ministry’s channel had reported 32 dead and 38 wounded before this window; the new development is the published update, not another attack or a toll to add to earlier figures. The latest original Saba and Al-Masirah texts could not be opened, so both the figures and responsibility remain attributed to their sources.
Source: yahoo.com - ConfirmedTaiz
Shura Council calls for ground operation to end Taiz blockade
Government-run Saba published a Shura Council statement calling for a broad ground operation coordinated with military formations and popular resistance groups to open roads for civilians and supplies. It urged continued air support, urgent military, logistical and humanitarian assistance, and international pressure to lift the blockade. Publication through the official agency is confirmed, not implementation of the operation or verification of its military allegations; it is not an announcement that a new offensive has begun.
Source: sabanew.net