SANAA, Yemen, Nov. 7. Yemen's Houthi run health ministry said on Saturday that airstrikes it blamed on Saudi Arabia killed at least 27 people and wounded 36 in a village east of the capital, Sanaa, Reuters reported.
The ministry said the strikes hit homes in al-Shariya village, in the Bani Hushaysh district east of Sanaa, on Saturday afternoon, and that about five residential houses were destroyed. Its latest figures were carried by Saba, the news agency run by the Houthi authorities.
The death toll is the ministry's claim, and it is not settled. The ministry's figures changed during the day. Houthi officials first reported 11 dead and 20 wounded, then raised the count to 22 dead and 30 wounded, then to 25 dead and 30 wounded, before the ministry gave 27 dead and 36 wounded in its latest statement.
Reuters said it could not independently verify the account. The Associated Press, in reporting carried by AAP, and China's Xinhua news agency also reported the strikes, and their accounts also rested on statements from Houthi officials and Houthi run media.
Reuters quoted Abdul-Aziz al-Dailami, the director of Sehatuna Hospital, speaking on the record about the reported attack.
Saudi Arabia has not confirmed or denied carrying out any strike. The kingdom's Center for International Communication told Reuters it did not immediately comment on the reports and said it would look into the inquiries.
Mahdi al-Mashat, the chairman of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, vowed revenge over the reported strikes. Mohammed Abdul-Salam, a spokesman for the Houthi movement, Ansarullah, blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack.
Fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis resumed in July 2026, after a United Nations brokered truce agreed in 2022 broke down. Reuters described the reported attack as one of the deadliest since the fighting resumed.
Sources: Reuters; Associated Press via AAP; Xinhua; Houthi run health ministry via Saba.
