Houthi Shelling Injures Three Civilians in Taiz Province

Three civilians, including two children, sustained injuries on Wednesday following targeted shelling by Houthi militia forces in various residential areas across the Taiz Governorate in southwestern Yemen.

Human rights sources reported that nine-year-old Waseem Mutea Ahmed Bajash suffered facial injuries after a projectile fired by the militia struck the Aqaqah area. In a separate incident, four-year-old Raghad Mohammed Abdo Ali was wounded when a Houthi-launched shell detonated in the Zanqal neighborhood.

In the Al-Shaqab area of the Sabir Al-Mawadim district, 35-year-old Walid Mohammed Ahmed Saeed sustained a gunshot wound to the head. Local sources confirmed that the injuries occurred amidst ongoing hostilities in the region.

These incidents are part of a broader pattern of daily shelling and sniper attacks conducted by Houthi forces against residential areas in rural Taiz. According to local observers and human rights advocates, this escalation is intended to forcibly displace residents and clear villages to facilitate militia territorial expansion and control.