Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Houthi Attacks Injure 11 Civilians, Including Child, Near Yemen Border
In a faraway country called Yemen, there has been a war for a very long time.
Some fighters called Houthis are fighting against the Yemeni government and other countries that help it, like Saudi Arabia.
This week, the Houthi fighters attacked places near the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi army says 11 people were hurt, including a 4-year-old child.
The Houthis also attacked army camps in Yemen and said many soldiers were hurt.
A Saudi general said the Houthis aimed at everyday people, which is against the rules of war.
The Houthis said they attacked because the other side was sending more soldiers to fight them.
In 2022, both sides mostly stopped fighting, but now they are fighting again.
The United States says the attacks are bad and hurt innocent people.
Everyone hopes the fighting will stop so no more people get hurt.
At least 11 civilians, including a 4-year-old child, were wounded in attacks on Saudi Arabia's Najran region near the Yemeni border.
The attacks came hours after Houthi strikes on government camps in Yemen's Marib and Hadramout provinces killed at least 30 troops and wounded at least 50.
Houthi Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the camp attacks used ballistic missiles and drones, claiming 'hundreds' of Saudi-backed forces were killed or injured.
Saudi military spokesman Turki al-Malki said the Najran attack wounded seven Saudis, one Yemeni, two Egyptians and one Pakistani.
The escalation follows a de facto truce in Yemen in April 2022, and the US mission to Yemen condemned the attacks as terrorism.
- Who
- Yemen's Houthi rebels carried out the attacks; civilians in Saudi Arabia's Najran region and Yemeni government troops were the victims.
- What
- A series of attacks wounded at least 11 civilians in Saudi Arabia and killed at least 30 Yemeni government troops, wounding at least 50 others.
- When
- On a Thursday, shortly after the Houthis launched strikes on camps in Marib and Hadramout; the articles give no exact calendar date.
- Where
- Najran region in southern Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border, and the Marib and Hadramout provinces of central and eastern Yemen.
- Why
- The Houthis said the strikes responded to a build-up of Saudi-backed forces in eastern Yemen; the Saudi military called the attacks deliberate terrorism against civilians.
Saudi-led coalition and US viewpoint
Houthi viewpoint
Civilians injured in Najran
Saudi-led coalition and US viewpoint
Saudi military spokesman Turki al-Malki called the Houthis a 'terrorist militia' that used 'indiscriminate shelling against civilian objects' and deliberately targeted civilians, violating international law.
Houthi viewpoint
The Houthis released no statement about the civilian attack; their leader said their strikes targeted Saudi-backed forces, claiming to have killed or injured 'hundreds of Saudi enemy mercenaries.'
Cause of the escalation
Saudi-led coalition and US viewpoint
The US mission to Yemen said the Houthi attacks represent 'yet another example of their terrorism against the Yemeni people.'
Houthi viewpoint
The Houthis said the attacks responded to a build-up of Saudi-backed forces in eastern Yemen and to Saudi Arabia's air and sea blockade on Yemen since 2015.
- Civilians injured
- 11, including a 4-year-old child
- Nationalities of injured civilians
- 7 Saudis, 1 Yemeni, 2 Egyptians, 1 Pakistani
- Government troops killed
- At least 30
- Government troops wounded
- At least 50
- Locations
- Najran (Saudi Arabia); Marib and Hadramout (Yemen)
- Weapons used
- Ballistic missiles and drones
- Conflict background
- De facto truce in place since April 2022
- US response
- US mission to Yemen condemned the attacks as terrorism