Houses were reduced to rubble and many victims were unable to reach hospitals.
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In Taiz, Yemen’s third largest metropolis, no less than 11 civilians have been killed and greater than 35 injured by shelling that began on Wednesday, unbiased native officers, witnesses and medical officers stated, talking on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t approved to speak to reporters.
Taiz has become the latest focus of fighting for supporters of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who was driven into exile in Saudi Arabia by Houthi fighters in March.
Medicins Sans Frontieres put the toll from Thursday’s raids at as a high as 65, including at least 17 children and 20 women.
With fighting still raging across much of Yemen and a UN warning that the country is on the brink of starvation, world powers have voiced concern over both Saudi-led air strikes and rebel shelling in the western port city of Hodeida.
The dead bodies of 50 Huthi rebels and allied troops were retrieved from the city on Monday, the sources in Taez said, adding that 31 pro-government fighters were also killed. “More than 1.3 million people have been forced to flee their homes”, the report stated.
The civil war has killed more than 4,300 people since late March, as aid groups have been calling for both sides to reach a ceasefire to allow humanitarian relief for civilians.
Saudi officials have confirmed the death of two pilots in a crash of Apache helicopter in Jizan province bordering Yemen, refusing to announce the cause of the incident.
“The two pilots fell as martyrs when their aircraft crashed while they were defending the borders of Saudi Arabia from these aggressors”, the coalition said in a statement published by the official SPA news agency.
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A bomb exploded next to the governor’s office in Aden and killed four people yesterday, as Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a deadly raid on a Yemeni military post near the Saudi border. The Houthi movement says it is trying to root out corruption and defeat Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda. The Houthis, a Shi’ite Muslim sect traditionally based in Yemen’s north, still hold the capital Sanaa, which they seized last September.
