At least seven people were killed in a Saudi airstrike in a residential neighbourhood in Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz, as recent weeks saw Saudi strikes hitting civilian areas across the country, according to Iranian news agency Press TV. Press TV reported, citing the al-Masirah television channel, that the Saudi aerial raid targeted a family house in the al-Barh area of the Maqbanah district in the early hours of Thursday, according to local sources. The sources added that there were two children among the fatalities. Six family members sustained injuries in the attack as well. Seven killed in fresh Saudi strikes on Yemen as 12-hour death toll reaches 24 https://t.co/zxyG3z6nRV pic.twitter.com/iPlxygDQCP — Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) November 5, 2026 Elsewhere in the northwestern province of Sa’ada, a civilian was killed when Saudi forces shelled the Shada'a district. The Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population stated on Thursday morning that 12 people were killed and 15 others injured, mostly women and children, in a series of Saudi airstrikes across Yemen over the past 12 hours. Two Saudi airstrikes struck the homes of two families in Ta'iz. Rescue efforts were carried out by residents, who searched through the debris for survivors and rushed the wounded to hospitals. In al-Mu'ayteeb village of the Mawiyah district, another Saudi airstrike targeted residential homes, injuring a man and a woman, damaging houses and setting passenger cars on fire. Saudi warplanes also targeted two health centres in the al-Silw and Hayfan districts. The aircraft targeted two mosques and a public road in the al-Zurbi and Dhi Samir areas as well, according to Press TV. Furthermore, Saudi fighter jets struck the telecommunications network in the Maran area of the Haydan district in Sa'ada province, destroying two communication towers, a power generator, and maintenance facilities. The attack disrupted residents' access to communications. Saudi coalition says Houthi missile fired at Medina region intercepted The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday that a ballistic missile fired by the group at the Medina region, home to one of Islam's holiest cities, had been intercepted. "Air defence intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward the Medina region," coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a post on X. التحالف: الدفاع الجوي اعترض ودمر صاروخ باليستي أطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية باتجاه منطقة المدينة المنورة. pic.twitter.com/T9pQjtZ3d8 — المتحدث الرسمي باسم قوات التحالف (@CJFCSpox) November 5, 2026 Separately, Saudi Arabia's civil defence agency on Thursday issued a warning of potential danger in Yanbu governorate, which is home to one of the country's most strategic ports and energy installations. "A warning has been issued by the National Early Warning Platform in Yanbu Governorate to alert of a potential danger," read a statement published by the agency online. Yanbu, on the Red Sea, is the terminus of the East-West Pipeline that allows Saudi oil to bypass the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. Yemeni army says 340 Houthi fighters killed in 1,322 military operations Yemen’s armed forces said on Wednesday that they had carried out 1,322 operations targeting Houthi positions and military capabilities, claiming to have killed or incapacitated around 340 fighters and commanders. In a statement on US social media company X, the Yemeni military spokesperson said the operations also destroyed or damaged 114 military vehicles and pieces of equipment. The spokesperson said government forces had gained territory in Al-Jawf province as part of the ongoing “Dawn of Yemen” military operation. Units from the First and Third Emergency Divisions seized Houthi positions in Umm Lafifa, Qurun al-Sabir and Duhaydat al-Aqir, according to the statement. In southwestern Taiz province, government forces and allied popular resistance fighters also reported advances on several fronts, repelling Houthi attempts to recapture lost positions. Read: Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted Houthi ballistic missile targeting southern region The military said its forces continued operations while taking precautions to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure. Since October 5, Yemeni government forces have been conducting an operation dubbed “Dawn of Yemen,” aimed at regaining control of state institutions and retaking the capital, Sanaa, from the Houthis. Fighting between government forces and the Houthis resumed in July, killing and wounding thousands and displacing more than 250,000 people, according to UN reports. The renewed clashes ended a period of relative calm that had prevailed since April 2022, further worsening Yemen’s humanitarian crisis. Yemen has been engulfed in civil war since the Houthis seized Sanaa and several provinces in September 2014, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government.