Child killed, woman injured in Houthi attacks on Taiz: rights group
A nine-year-old boy was killed and a woman wounded in Houthi attacks targeting southern and western Taiz, according to the Taiz Rights Center.
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AIThe Taiz Rights Center reported that a nine-year-old boy was killed in a Houthi artillery strike and a woman was injured by militia sniper fire.
The center added that Houthi shelling targeted the Aqroodh and Dhabab areas in the south and west of the governorate, according to its statement.
The Houthi blockade has worsened humanitarian and health risks in Yemen's Taiz city after supply routes were closed on October 4.
A total of 1,110 kidney failure patients, 154 children in incubators, and 192 patients in intensive care units face direct threats due to shortages of fuel and medical supplies.