Six Civilians Injured in Houthi Artillery and Sniper Attacks in Taiz

Six civilians, including two children and two women, sustained injuries on Saturday following artillery shelling and sniper fire conducted by Houthi forces against residential areas in Taiz Governorate.

Local sources reported that the attacks targeted the Al-Zahraa, Al-Qahfa, Al-Sijn, and Al-Jubaila neighborhoods. The assault resulted in varying degrees of injury among the victims, further exacerbating the humanitarian situation in the conflict-ridden region.

In the Al-Zahraa district, a shell struck near a residential home as three-year-old Tawfiq Fadl Ali Muhammad, his six-year-old sister Talin, and their 35-year-old mother, Asmaa Hassan Muhammad Salam, were collecting water from a charitable distribution point. All three family members sustained injuries from shrapnel.

Additional incidents of violence were reported in the Al-Qahfa village, where 35-year-old Montaha Abdo Hizam was struck by a sniper positioned on Al-Afham Hill in the Al-Aqroud area. Furthermore, 25-year-old Abdulmajid Muhammad Ahmed Muthanna suffered a gunshot wound to his left thigh in the Al-Sijn neighborhood, while 55-year-old Muhammad Muhammad Saeed Abdo was struck by shrapnel in the back during shelling in the Al-Jubaila area.

These attacks represent a continuation of the Houthi militia's systematic targeting of civilian neighborhoods in Taiz. Such actions persist in endangering the lives of non-combatants, particularly women and children, as the local population remains under constant threat from indiscriminate fire.