Sanaa (AFP) - The death toll from Saudi raids on Sanaa Governorate rose to 27 people, according to what the Houthi-run Saba Agency and Al-Masirah TV reported on Saturday, in light of the continued exchange of strikes between Yemeni fighters supported by Iran and the Kingdom.

Published on: 07/11/2026 - 18:51

Saba Agency said, "Saudi enemy aircraft targeted citizens' homes in the village of Al-Shariya, resulting in the martyrdom of 27 citizens, most of them women and children, and the injury of 36 others."

For its part, Al-Masirah TV reported that “27 citizens, most of them women and children, were martyred and dozens injured as a result of the Saudi enemy aircraft’s massacre of citizens’ homes in the village of Al-Shariya in the Bani Hashish District” in Sana’a Governorate.

Saba and Al-Masirah pointed out that the toll was issued by the Houthi Ministry of Health.

The two media outlets reported that 22 people were killed in a previous toll.

Saba Agency quoted a local source as saying, “Saudi enemy aircraft targeted with several raids six homes in the area, in addition to paramedics and the roads leading to the crime scene,” indicating that the process of retrieving victims from the rubble is continuing.

A video clip broadcast by Al Masirah TV showed the bodies of dead and injured people, including children, being transported to a hospital to receive treatment and medical care. She indicated that they were killed and wounded by Saudi strikes in the Bani Hashish District.

One of the shots shows a person covering the body of a child with a blanket in a hospital, while another person lifts a blanket over the body of another child, with traces of blood on his face. It also shows a child with injuries receiving treatment, while crying from his injury.

"military operations"

On the other hand, the Houthis announced on Saturday that they had targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and facilities belonging to the Aramco oil company, in addition to Saudi military concentrations in the Kingdom and Yemen.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarie said, “The Yemeni armed forces carried out six specific military operations,” one of which “targeted Khalid International Airport, oil tanks, and the distillation tower of Aramco” in Riyadh, in addition to a facility in the Dawadmi area near the capital. He also announced the targeting of "Saudi enemy concentrations" in Najran, in the south of the Kingdom, and in the Yemeni governorates of Al-Jawf and Ma'rib.

The Saudi-led military coalition in support of the Yemeni government announced on Saturday the interception of a cruise missile launched by the Houthis towards the Riyadh region.

Coalition spokesman Turki Al-Maliki said on the X platform, “Intercepting and destroying a cruise missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards the Riyadh region.”

On Friday, dozens of people were killed and others were injured in strikes on a popular market in southwestern Yemen, while the Iran-backed Houthis and the internationally recognized Yemeni government exchanged accusations of being behind the attack.

The strikes took place in Taiz Governorate, where the Houthis have been besieging the city of the same name for weeks.

On Saturday, the head of the Ansar Allah Movement's Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, pledged revenge in a statement to Saba Agency, saying, "We pledge to all the martyrs of our people that we will avenge them from the killer of children and women," in reference to Saudi Arabia, adding, "We will punish him for his crimes in which he targets markets and safe houses, as the Zionist does."

The Houthis control large areas of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa.

After a period of calm that lasted for four years, the conflict that broke out in Yemen after the Houthis took control of Sanaa in 2014, flared up again in July, opening a new front in the war raging in the Middle East.

The intensity of hostilities escalated in September with the Houthis launching an attack that allowed them to control the entire western coast of Yemen and the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait area for maritime navigation between Europe and Asia.

At the same time, the Houthis have intensified their attacks on Saudi Arabia, while the coalition continues to periodically bomb areas under their control in Yemen.

In recent weeks, the Houthis have claimed several strikes on airports, energy facilities, and Saudi military sites, but they deny targeting Mecca and Medina.

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