Six civilians, including two children and two women, were injured in artillery shelling and sniping incidents carried out by the Houthi militia in various areas of Taiz Governorate, southwestern Yemen, over the past few hours. A human rights report indicated that artillery shelling resulted in injuries to two siblings, Tawfiq Fadl Ali Mohammed, aged three and a half, and Talin Fadl Ali Mohammed, aged six, along with their mother, Asmaa Hassan Mohammed Salam, aged 35. The incident occurred when a shell landed near the family's home in the Al-Zahra area as the mother was fetching water from a charitable distribution point, causing shrapnel injuries. In a separate incident, citizen Muntaha Abdo Hazam, aged 35, sustained a gunshot wound from Houthi snipers positioned on Tabbat Al-Afham in the Al-Aqroosh area. She was in the village of Al-Qahfa at the time. Additionally, citizen Abdulmajeed Mohammed Ahmed Muthanna, aged 25, was shot in the left thigh in the Al-Sijn area of Al-Jabalain. Separately, citizen Mohammed Mohammed Saeed Abdo, aged 55, suffered shrapnel wounds to his back from shelling that targeted the Al-Jubaylah area. These incidents are part of ongoing Houthi shelling and targeting of residential areas and civilian gatherings on several fronts in Taiz Governorate. |
