More than 50 people were killed in Yemen within 24 hours, in one of the deadliest stretches since fighting resumed between Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-backed government, The Irish Times reported with the New York Times. The toll underscores how fiercely the war has grown since August.

Houthi officials said airstrikes tore through al-Shariya village in Bani Hushaysh district east of Sanaa on Saturday: at least 27 dead and 30 wounded, mostly women and children, said Anees al-Asbahi of the Houthi-run Health Ministry, blaming Saudi warplanes. Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond.

A day earlier, strikes on a crowded market in Taiz province killed at least 30 people, a Houthi news agency said. Each side blamed the other: authorities in government-held Taiz pointed at the Houthis; the Houthis pointed at Saudi Arabia.

WHO said last week almost 1,800 people had been killed by end-October and more than 300,000 displaced. The UN warns fighting is returning to levels seen a decade ago, before the 2022 ceasefire.

Since the truce unravelled — after Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of striking Sanaa’s airport — the group has seized Yemen’s Red Sea coast and threatened shipping through Bab el-Mandeb. The Saudi-led coalition said Saturday it intercepted a Houthi cruise missile aimed at the Riyadh region.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree vowed revenge “against the killer of children and women.” Independent verification remains hard: Houthis require permits for journalists, and Saudi officials disclose little.

Image: Old Sanaa, Yemen (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0).

Sources consulted: More than 50 killed in two attacks in Yemen, Houthi officials say — The Irish Times.