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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Saudi Arabia commits massacre with attack on market in Yemen\u2019s Taiz </h1><p class="gmail-">Saudi bombardment of shops at the Taiz Central Market have killed at least seven while wounding dozens more
</p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span style="color:rgb(84,88,94)">SEP 27, 2026 - </span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/saudi-arabia-commits-massacre-with-strikes-on-market-in-yemens-taiz">https://thecradle.co/articles/saudi-arabia-commits-massacre-with-strikes-on-market-in-yemens-taiz</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="https://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/4929f8e6-ba64-11f1-9400-00163e02c055.webp" alt="" width="431" height="243" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo credit: Saudi Air Force)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span class="gmail-article-body"><p>Brutal Saudi bombing in Yemen resulted in a <a href="https://www.saba.ye/en/news3797143.htm">massacre </a>in the country\u2019s southwestern Taiz governorate on 27 September, with at least seven dead and dozens of others injured in the kingdom\u2019s latest attacks. </p><div class="gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div><blockquote class="gmail-twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING | At least 7 killed, 40 wounded in reported Saudi strike on Taiz market<br><br>Al-Masirah reports that at least seven people were killed and 40 others wounded in a Saudi airstrike targeting shops at the central market in Taiz, at the Mawiyah Junction in Taiz. The toll is\u2026 <a href="https://t.co/Rg59tz4gH6">pic.twitter.com/Rg59tz4gH6</a></p>\u2014 The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) <a href="https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2104149170852430140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2026</a></blockquote> <p>Multiple Yemeni media outlets reported on the deadly attack, which hit a market.</p><p>\u201cSaudi enemy airstrikes targeted commercial shops at Taiz Central Market, resulting in the martyrdom of seven citizens and the injury of 40 others, according to an initial toll,\u201d sources told SABA. </p><p>The death toll is expected to rise. <a href="https://english.masirahtv.net/news/56661/Sa-adah-2-Saudi-enemy-airstrikes-hit-Maran-and-Saqin-districts">Saudi strikes</a> hit other areas of the country on Sunday, including several attacks on the Maran district in Saada.</p><p>On Saturday night, the Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) released a <a href="https://t.me/MilitaryMediaY/46882">statement </a>announcing \u201c27 airstrikes over the past 24 hours,\u201d using jets that took off from the Khamis Mushait and Taif air bases in the kingdom. </p><p>The YAF has repeatedly targeted both sites.</p><p>\u201cThe strikes targeted civilian infrastructure, including bridges, roads and other sites, in the provinces of Taiz, Marib, Saada, Amran, Ibb and Hajjah. This brings the total number of Saudi strikes and missile attacks since the start of the escalation to 1,059,\u201d according to the YAF statement. </p><p>Hours earlier, Yemeni military operations targeted sites within the kingdom. Riyadh announced <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/09/27/riyadh-schools-switch-to-remote-learning-for-a-week/">online learning </a>for schools after Sanaa escalated its strikes. </p><p>Overnight, sirens were heard in the Saudi city of Jeddah. </p><div class="gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div> <p>Sanaa has been retaliating heavily against Saudi Arabia\u2019s deadly attacks on Yemen, striking military and energy sites inside the kingdom and inflicting significant losses on the Saudi energy sector. </p><p>Yemen's recent retaliatory actions against Saudi Arabia were triggered by the kingdom\u2019s July attack on Sanaa International Airport, which has been under blockade by Riyadh for over a decade since it began its devastating war on Yemen in 2015, leading a coalition of Arab states.</p><p>Yemen has vowed to fully expel the Saudi-led coalition from Yemen.</p><div class="gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div> <p>Sanaa\u2019s forces have captured much of the western Yemeni coast and have seized multiple Red Sea islands formerly occupied by the UAE this month. Saudi and UAE-backed fighters have taken severe losses. Sanaa has also taken Bab al-Mandab.</p><p>Yemen has vowed to continue the \u201cescalation for escalation\u201d and \u201cblockade for blockade\u201d equation.</p></span></div></div></div></div>
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