A Saudi-led airstrike that a Houthi-run health ministry blamed for killing three children in Yemen was reported alongside injuries from Israeli settler violence in the West Bank and strikes against two vessels in the Persian Gulf.
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A Saudi-led airstrike killed three children and wounded more than a dozen people in Yemen’s southwestern province of Dhamar, according to the Houthi-run health ministry.
The ministry said the strikes, which occurred a day earlier, hit houses in al-Ar village in the Dawran Aness district, killing one child aged 8 and two children aged 10.
The Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack, which they said came amid heightened fighting between the group and the kingdom and its Yemeni allies, and Saudi Arabia did not immediately comment.
The children were among 124 people the Houthis said have been killed in their territories since fighting resumed in September.
In the occupied West Bank, a journalist was undergoing surgery after being attacked by Israeli settlers, with her family saying her left-hand finger was cut to the bone and a tendon was visible.
Her daughter said the journalist also suffered a broken rib, multiple broken vertebrae and lacerations across her body after the beating, which included settlers firing bottles and using slingshots.
The family said the journalist’s helmet and protective vest marked “PRESS” likely helped prevent more serious injuries.
Separately, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that two vessels transiting the Persian Gulf off of Saudi Arabia were struck.
UKMTO said one tanker was fired upon from a small boat with an RPG, damaging part of the ship’s rear, while the other vessel was hit by an unknown projectile.
UKMTO did not identify the vessels but said the crews of both were safe, and it said no one claimed the attacks, which occurred on Friday.
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