Saudi airstrikes claim eight lives in Yemen

At least eight civilians, including two women, have lost their lives as Saudi fighter jets bombed the Yemeni provinces of Sa’ada and Hudaydah.

According to Yemen’s al-Masirah television, two Saudi air raids hit two cars in the district of Maran in Sa’ada on Monday, killing seven people, including a woman.

Initial reports had put the death toll at three people.

Also on Monday, Saudi warplanes pounded a residential building in the area of al-Sayaliyah in eastern Hudaydah, leaving a woman dead.

Local media reported that the Saudi jets bombed the Hudaydah international airport and a salt manufacturing plant among other sites in the province.

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