Aden government: 5 killed, 15 wounded as ballistic missile hits Al-Saqiya health centre in Lahj

The Health Ministry of Yemen's Aden-based government said on 2 November that 5 people were killed and 15 wounded in the shelling of the Al-Saqiya health centre in Lahj province. The ministry said the strike was carried out by the Ansarullah movement (the Houthis).

The prime minister of the Aden government said in a statement that the Al-Saqiya health centre had been targeted with a ballistic missile, calling it "a terrorist crime with all its elements".

The Ansarullah side has not yet issued a statement on these claims.

On the same day, forces loyal to the Aden government said they had carried out 951 targeting operations against Ansarullah positions over the past 24 hours and that fighting was continuing in Taiz province.

Lahj province lies in southern Yemen, north of the city of Aden. In recent days the province has seen fighting between the Yemeni Armed Forces aligned with the Sanaa government and Saudi-backed forces; earlier on Monday the Sanaa side announced that it had taken control of a village and several heights in Lahj.

Also on 2 November, a market in the Al-Makhaf area of southern Taiz province was targeted, leaving people dead and wounded; the Sanaa side said the strike was carried out by Saudi Arabia, while the pro-government side said it was carried out by Ansarullah. The Foreign Ministry of the Sanaa government has stated that since 13 July Saudi Arabia has carried out more than 3,830 air and missile strikes on Yemen, and 768 people have been killed or wounded.