SANA’A, 5 November, 2026 (Kamran Raja): At least 24 people have been killed and several others injured in Saudi airstrikes and shelling across Yemen over a 12-hour period, with residential neighbourhoods, health facilities and civilian infrastructure among the reported targets, according to Iranian news agency Press TV. Citing Yemen’s al-Masirah television channel and local sources, Press TV reported that a Saudi airstrike struck a family home in the al-Barh area of Maqbanah district in southwestern Taiz province early Thursday, killing at least seven people, including two children, while injuring six other family members. In a separate incident in Sa’ada province, a civilian was killed when Saudi forces shelled the Shada’a district. Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population said that 12 people had initially been reported killed and 15 injured, mostly women and children, in Saudi attacks across the country during the preceding 12 hours. The ministry’s figures were reported alongside accounts of further casualties in the attacks. Two Saudi airstrikes also hit the homes of two families in Taiz, prompting local residents to search through the rubble for survivors and transport the wounded to hospitals. In al-Mu’ayteeb village in Mawiyah district, another airstrike targeted residential houses, injuring a man and a woman, damaging properties and setting several passenger vehicles on fire. Saudi warplanes also reportedly struck two health centres in the al-Silw and Hayfan districts, as well as two mosques and a public road in the al-Zurbi and Dhi Samir areas. Meanwhile, Saudi fighter jets targeted telecommunications infrastructure in the Maran area of Sa’ada province’s Haydan district, destroying two communication towers, a power generator and maintenance facilities. The attack reportedly disrupted communication services for local residents. The latest strikes come amid continued reports of civilian casualties and damage to essential infrastructure across Yemen. Separately, the Saudi-led coalition claimed that it had intercepted a Houthi missile fired towards the Medina region.