Houthi shelling injures two children and one civilian in Taiz

Three civilians, including two children, were injured on Wednesday in separate Houthi militia shelling incidents in residential areas of Taiz Governorate, southwestern Yemen.

According to human rights sources, the child Waseem Mutie Ahmed Bajash, aged nine, sustained facial injuries when a shell fired by the militia landed in the Aqqaqa area. In a separate incident, the child Raghad Mohammed Abdo Ali, aged four, was injured by an explosive shell in the Al-Zanqal neighborhood.

In an unrelated event, a civilian, Walid Mohammed Ahmed Saeed, 35, was shot in the head in the Al-Shaqab area of Sabr Al-Mawadim district, the same sources reported.

These incidents occur amidst ongoing daily shelling and sniping operations by Houthi militias against residential areas in rural Taiz. Local and human rights sources indicate this escalation aims to force residents to flee their villages, potentially paving the way for the militia to advance and seize control.