Over 30 Killed, 39 Injured in Reported Saudi Airstrikes on Yemen Village Near Sanaa

At least 33 people were killed and 39 injured in reported Saudi Arabia airstrikes on a village near Yemen's capital Sanaa on Saturday, in one of the deadliest attacks since fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis resumed in July.

The Houthi-run Saba news agency reported that the strikes hit homes in Bani Hushaysh, a Houthi stronghold east of Sanaa. It said most of those killed were women and children.

Reuters could not independently verify the account. Saudi Arabia's Center for International Communication said it was investigating the report.

Rescue Operations Hampered by Continued Strikes

Abdul-Aziz al-Dailami, director of Sehatuna Hospital in Sanaa, said several victims remained trapped under the rubble, including rescue workers.

He told Reuters that the strikes continued even as rescuers arrived at the scene, adding that some medical responders had also lost their lives.

Al-Dailami said the hospital had received several critically injured people suffering from head, chest and leg injuries, as well as fractures.

Saudi-Houthi Fighting Intensifies

The renewed clashes between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned Houthis have shattered a UN-brokered truce reached in 2022, which had largely halted attacks between the Saudi-led coalition and the group controlling Sanaa.

Since fighting resumed, the Houthis have launched missile and drone attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities, while Riyadh has conducted airstrikes in Yemen in support of its Yemeni allies.

The latest escalation, linked to the wider US-Iran conflict, has reignited Yemen's 12-year war, which has devastated the country's economy and triggered one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

More than 200,000 people have been displaced since the latest round of fighting began, according to the International Organization for Migration's October figures.

Saudi Arabia Lifts Alerts After Houthi Missile Attacks

Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence on Sunday lifted security alerts across several areas of the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province, including Dhahran, Dammam, Abqaiq and Al-Ahsa, shortly after warning of a potential threat.

Dhahran is home to the headquarters of oil giant Saudi Aramco. The Eastern Province holds most of Saudi Arabia's oil and gas reserves. Aramco's headquarters suffered extensive damage in an attack in October.

Shortly after the all-clear, the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards the Eastern Province.

Missiles Intercepted Over Riyadh

Later, multiple loud explosions were heard in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after Civil Defence issued an early-warning alert about a potential threat, a Reuters witness reported.

Civil Defence subsequently said the danger had passed. The Saudi-led coalition later announced