A Houthi shell kills a child and injures 5 civilians in Taiz

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A child was killed and five civilians were injured on Thursday evening due to a mortar shell fired by the Houthi militia on the crowded Al-Shafi'i Mosque neighborhood in the Wadi Al-Qadi area in the city of Taiz, southwestern Yemen.

The Taiz Human Rights Center stated that the shelling resulted in the death of a 3-year-old child, in addition to injuring 5 other civilians who were transferred to one of the city's hospitals for treatment.

The center condemned the shelling, holding the Houthi militia responsible for targeting the residential neighborhood and the civilian casualties. It stated that the shell was fired from their positions in the Al-Harir area, noting that the incident is part of a series of shelling and sniper attacks that the Houthi militia has been accused of committing against civilians in various areas of Taiz governorate over the past weeks.

The incident occurred amid ongoing security tensions in Taiz governorate, which is witnessing clashes between government forces and the Houthis, along with continued shelling and sniper attacks in residential areas.

The developments come at a time when the humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains one of the most severe in the world, with millions of people continuing to need humanitarian assistance.

The United Nations had previously warned of the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Yemen, with escalating violence in areas of the western coast and Taiz Governorate, leading to the displacement of more than 120,000 people within the country.