A Saudi-led air alliance struck a main stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday, killing 19 civilians, according to a Houthi official.
The dead in the strikes in the province of Saada in Yemen’s far north included children and women, a spokesperson for the Houthis, Mohammed Abdel-Salam, tweeted, without giving further details.
Earlier on Wednesday, a provincial health official said the alliance jets had carried out two air raids in the Old Quarter of Saada, killing 11 civilians and injuring four others.
Head of the Saada health office, Abdelellah al-Ezi, told dpa the jets later in the day renewed their bombardment of the area as medical workers were heading to the site to help the victims.
The Saudi-led coalition has made no comment on the report.
The purported strikes came a day after Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthis toward its capital Riyadh, the third such missile in two months.
Saudi-led alliance kills 19 civilians in Yemen airstrikes, rebels say
