News Center — Despite warnings of worsening humanitarian conditions and the expanding circle of displacement in Yemen, the Houthis continue to shell populated areas, resulting in casualties including women and children.

Yesterday, Wednesday, September 9, the Houthis committed a new massacre against civilians in the city of Marib, northeastern Yemen, by targeting displaced people in the Mafraq Harib area, killing 3 children and injuring 6 civilians, including women and children.

Yemeni medical sources said the Houthi shelling killed a girl named Rabaa Fahd Abdo, 16 years old; the child Saud Fadl Abdo Ahmed Al‑Sufi, 8 years old; and the infant Shadi Fadl Abdo Ahmed Al‑Sufi, 8 months old.

The shelling also injured six other civilians, including two children and two women, along with the damage, destruction, and material losses it caused to equipment and property.

The shelling came less than 48 hours after the killing of two children and the injury of 15 others, including 8 children, in a Houthi shelling that targeted a gathering of displaced people in the Raghwan district north of Marib, according to the Executive Unit for the Management of Displacement Camps in the city.

In a statement issued after the first incident, the Executive Unit reported that the shelling caused severe damage to the homes and property of displaced people and destroyed about 16 shelters, leaving 23 families without their shelter and basic belongings, in addition to damaging three vehicles. It considered the targeting of civilians, displaced people, and displacement camps a violation of international humanitarian law.

The Unit demanded urgent healthcare for the injured and psychological and social support for the affected children and families, along with providing emergency housing and shelter for families who lost their places of shelter.