Houthis claim at least 33 killed, 39 wounded in Saudi airstrikes, amid continued attacks on Riyadh

An estimated 33 people were killed and 39 wounded in Saudi airstrikes on a village near Yemen's capital, Sanaa, according to the Houthi-run Saba news agency. The attack occurred on Saturday, marking one of the deadliest in the ongoing conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned group since their resumption in July. Reuters could not independently verify the claims.

The renewed fighting has ended a 2022 UN-brokered truce that had largely halted attacks between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group, which controls Sanaa. Since the truce ended, the Houthi group has launched missile and drone attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities, while Riyadh has conducted airstrikes in Yemen to support its allies.

One witness, Abdul-Aziz al-Dailami, director of Sehatuna Hospital in Sanaa, said many victims were trapped under rubble, including medical responders who had been martyred. The fighting has reignited a 12-year war in Yemen that has resulted in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and fragmented the Arab world's poorest country.

As of October, the number of people displaced since the latest round of fighting began exceeded 200,000.