Houthi media report Saudi strikes in Sanaa, casualties

Houthi media reported Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa and its governorate on October 24, saying the attacks killed at least three people at a home and wounded several others. Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry separately reported 10 deaths and 11 injuries in two districts, figures that have not been independently verified in the reports. The reports followed a statement by a Saudi coalition spokesman that air defenses intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles headed toward Taif and Yanbu in western Saudi Arabia. The account was reported by Anadolu. Saudi civil defense had earlier issued warnings of potential danger in four western regions, including Taif, Yanbu, Mecca and Jeddah. AlMasirah, a Houthi media outlet, reported a series of strikes in Sanaa, including an attack on a house. It also said a strike on a cement factory in Sanaa governorate caused deaths and injuries, without giving a number. The Houthi-run Yemeni news agency SABA later quoted the Houthi-run Health Ministry as reporting seven people killed and eight injured in Hamdan, and three killed and three injured in Asr. The claims about the airstrikes and casualties came from Houthi-aligned sources, and the reports did...