Houthi snipers kill child, wound two women in Taiz

A 12-year-old boy was killed and two women were wounded by Houthi snipers in separate attacks in Taiz province, southwestern Yemen, on Friday, according to the local Office for Siege Affairs. The office also reported that 78 civilians were killed or injured in the first ten days of November.

The office said Omar Ammar Mohammed Abdelghani, aged 12, was shot dead by a Houthi sniper while herding sheep in the village of Al-Jabali in Sabr Al-Mawadim district. Hanin Taha Said Hezam, 17, and Amina Abdelhakim Al-Saghir, 35, were wounded by sniper fire in the village of Al-Damnah in Al-Misrakh district.

According to the statement, sniper attacks also targeted the villages of Al-Damnah and Al-Dhanib in the Aqroud area of Al-Misrakh district, as well as Al-Jabali village in Sabr Al-Mawadim, with civilians coming under fire from Houthi snipers.

78 civilian casualties in 10 days in Taiz

In a report issued Thursday, the Office for Siege Affairs documented 78 civilian casualties—44 killed and 34 wounded—due to shelling of residential neighborhoods and sniper attacks on civilians in Taiz from November 1 to 10.

The violations recorded by the office during the same period were not limited to casualties. Houthi attacks on residential areas, villages, and civilian sites damaged 35 homes and facilities, as well as an ambulance.

The office also documented 56 cases of civilian abductions, as well as farmers being prevented from harvesting their crops. Six transport trucks were damaged after being forced onto rough roads and overturning due to Houthi road closures in the province.