Update: Death Toll From Airstrikes Near Sanaa Rises to 44, Houthi Health Ministry Says, Including 21 Children
SANAA — Anees al-Asbahi, spokesperson for the Houthi-run Health Ministry in Yemen, said on November 9 that the death toll from the November 7 airstrikes on homes in the village of Al-Shariya, in the Bani Hushaysh district east of Sanaa, has risen to 44, with 40 others wounded. It is the third upward revision GSM has reported for this strike, following earlier tolls of 22 and 27 dead.
Al-Asbahi said the 44 dead include 21 children and 10 women, and that the 40 wounded include eight children and nine women. Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of damaged buildings for missing people, and the toll could rise further.
The Houthis blame Saudi Arabia for the strikes. Reuters reported on November 7 that Saudi Arabia's Centre for International Communication said it was investigating the reports; Saudi Arabia has not publicly confirmed carrying out the strikes, and the casualty figures have not been independently verified.
Fighting in Yemen resumed after a 2022 truce collapsed in July. The United Nations estimates that more than 1,600 people have been killed and more than 300,000 displaced since hostilities restarted.
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(Source: Houthi-run Health Ministry in Yemen)
Source: Houthi-run Health Ministry in Yemen
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Photo: 图：也门首都萨那老城（资料图）。The Old City of Sanaa, Yemen (file photo). Photo by Maria Gropa / UNESCO, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, via Wikimedia Commons. 本站档案图复用。
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