Yemeni source says Houthi shelling kills and injures eight children in Taiz

Iran-backed Houthi rebels shelled a residential neighborhood on Saturday, killing at least three children from the same family, and wounding five others, a Yemeni local source told Khabar Agency. It was the latest attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis to leave civilian casualties.

The source said the Houthis fired a shell on the Camp neighborhood on the outskirts of the government-held city of Taiz.

Posted graphic images showing wounded children.

The government-run SABA news agency reported that the Houthis fired a howitzer round that landed in the neighborhood.

On Thursday, a Houthi ballistic missile struck a residential neighborhood in the central province of Marib, killing at least 11 civilians and wounding 16 others.

With AP.