Five Civilians Injured and Farmers Abducted in Houthi Violations in Taiz

The Houthis continue their various violations against civilians in Taiz Governorate, amid reports indicating that five civilians were injured on Monday evening during sniping and shelling operations targeting scattered residential neighborhoods and areas in the governorate.

Yemeni sources stated that five civilians sustained varying injuries, including two children, in separate attacks involving shooting at civilians and shrapnel from shelling in Taiz districts.

The sources noted that two of the wounded were hit by direct gunfire in the Al-Muzaffar and Sabr Al-Mawadim districts, while two children and a woman were injured by shrapnel from artillery shelling targeting the Asifa area and the Forty Neighborhood in the besieged city of Taiz.

Meanwhile, the government's "Office for Taiz Siege Affairs" reported that the Houthis abducted a number of farmers in the Al-Maqarma isolation in the Al-Shamaitin district, south of Taiz Governorate, for reasons not yet known.

The office indicated that the Houthis raided the villages of Shaab Al-Hayy, Al-Sumaid, and Al-Baynain, storming several homes and terrorizing residents.

It added that Houthi elements prevented some farmers from harvesting their fields, making their crops susceptible to spoilage, and verbally assaulted women working in some fields "in a blatant violation of civilian rights and safety."

For its part, the "Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms" said on Monday that it had recorded 132 crimes and violations committed by the Houthi militia against civilians in Taiz over the past three days.

The documented incidents included the killing of 32 civilians and injuring 58 others, resulting from missile and artillery shelling and sniping operations carried out by the Houthis against civilian targets and populated areas in various parts of Taiz.