More than 50 people were killed in Yemen over the past 24 hours, in one of the deadliest stretches since fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-backed government reignited in August. Houthi officials reported at least 27 killed and 30 wounded, mostly women and children, in airstrikes on the village of al-Shariya. The Saudi government has not commented on the strikes.
The attack in Sanaa followed another on a crowded market in Taiz Province that killed at least 30 people. The past few days' high toll underscores the growing ferocity of the war, with nearly 1,800 killed and over 300,000 displaced by the end of October. Aid agencies warn hospitals are running short of medical supplies.
The United Nations has warned the fighting is returning to levels seen a decade ago before a 2022 cease-fire. A Saudi-led coalition began air campaigns against the Houthis in 2014 after the group seized Sanaa. The conflict has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
The war resumed when a fragile truce unraveled after the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of striking Sanaa's airport. Houthi officials have threatened retaliation for the latest deaths.
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