Saudi Arabia: 6 injured by a Houthi projectile that targeted a residential site in Najran, damaging homes and vehicles.

On Sunday, the Saudi Civil Defense announced that 6 citizens were injured as a result of a projectile launched by the Yemeni Houthi group falling on a residential site in the city of Najran, in the south of the Kingdom, which also resulted in material damage to 3 homes and 3 vehicles. The official spokesman for the Civil Defense, Colonel Muhammad Al-Hammadi, said in a statement: “The Civil Defense in the city of Najran initiated the fall of an enemy projectile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia on a residential site, resulting in the injury of (6) citizens and material damage to (3) homes and (3) vehicles,” according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

Al-Hammadi stressed that “attempts to target civilian objects are a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law,” adding that the procedures adopted in such cases have been implemented. SPA published pictures showing some of the damage to homes caused by the projectile.

Earlier, the "Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen", led by Saudi Arabia, announced on Sunday the downing and crash of a reconnaissance helicopter in the Najran region inside Saudi territory, killing its pilots, as a result of a technical malfunction. The official spokesman for the coalition, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, said in a statement, “The fall and crash of an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter inside Saudi territory in the Najran region, belonging to the Ministry of the National Guard, as a result of a technical malfunction,” according to SPA.

The coalition also announced, on Sunday, the interception and destruction of two ballistic missiles launched by the Iran-backed Houthi group towards the Kingdom. Al-Maliki previously wrote on his Twitter account on the X platform: “Intercepting and destroying two ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards Khamis Mushait.”