Yemeni security forces stands guard during a gathering in support of the Huthi-led parliament, in the capital Sanaa on August 20, 2016.
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There was no comment from the Shia Houthi group on the reported casualties.
Yemen’s Supreme Political Council says it is ready to restart peace talks if the regime in Riyadh stops attacking the impoverished Arab country.
All the Gulf states, including the UAE, joined talks led by Saudi Arabia with US Secretary of State John Kerry, which were also attended by the United Nations.
On Saturday, a statement from the exiled government carried by the Saba news agency said: “The government is prepared to deal positively with any peaceful solutions…including an initial welcoming of the ideas resulting from the meeting in Jeddah that included the foreign secretaries of the US, the United Kingdom and Gulf states”.
Kerry said on Thursday the Houthis must cease shelling across the border with Saudi Arabia, pull back from the capital Sanaa, cede their weapons and enter into a unity government with their domestic foes.
Kerry’s new peace road came after his meeting this week in Jeddah with foreign ministers of British and Arab Gulf states to end Yemen civil war.
On Saturday, a Saudi child was killed and four others were wounded in a similar attack from Yemeni territories in Najran, according to the Twitter account of Civil Defense.
The Saudi-Yemeni borderline has been witnessing rising clashes between Saudi troops and Houthi militants in recent months.
The coalition intervened in March past year to support President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi after the Houthis and their allies seized much of Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia has pounded Yemen nearly daily since March 2015, with internal sources putting the death toll from the military aggression at about 10,000.
