The Yemeni NGO for Rights and Freedoms reported that at least 212 civilians, including 38 minors, have died since September in Houthi attacks in Taiz, with 319 wounded and 1,891 documented crimes.
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24/10/2026
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Lusa
A Yemeni Network of Rights and Freedoms denounced today that at least 212 civilians, including 38 minors, have died since September in “indiscriminate” bombings, shootings by snipers and land mines of the Houthis rebels in Taiz province.
In its latest report, the NGO also indicates that it has registered 319 wounded due to these attacks, including 29 children, referring that the insurgents inflicted “slaps” on 137 people and carried out “23 summary executions” against civilians and members of Yemen’s pro-government forces.
In total, the organization documented 1,891 “crimes and violations” between 1 September and 22 October, a period in which almost 9,900 “indiscriminate” shots of mortar grenades, shells, shells, artillery, rockets, drones and ballistic missiles were recorded, which mostly targeted residential neighborhoods.
This coincides with the escalation of the Houthis offensive against the city of Taiz, which they have been seizing for a few weeks and who have been on a daily basis to take control, leaving the civilian population without access to essential goods and essential services.
However, he warned that these figures are not exhaustive, since access to some areas “continues to be impossible due to fighting and restrictions on access on the ground”.
On the other hand, the NGO denounced that the Houthis have turned five schools in the province into “military operations, weapons and prison deposits,” indicating that the insurgents have attacked ambulances and hospitals.
In addition, he warned of the worsening siege of the city of Taiz, where, since September 3, the insurgents established 26 military checkpoints and barricades, having cut off the main road linking the neighbouring province of Lahj and Aden, headquarters of the internationally recognized Government of Yemen.
This siege implies “the blocking of the entry of food, medicines, petroleum products, oxygen cylinders and drinking water” and the obstruction of humanitarian aid and basic food for hundreds of thousands of people.
Some 280,000 people from Taizo province in the south-west of the country were forced to leave their homes due to the rebel offensive, according to the NGO, which urged the international community and the UN to declare the city “a sinister city” and to take urgent measures to stop the attacks and lift the siege.