Yemen Official: Houthi Missiles Hit Marib City, Killing 3

A Yemeni government fighter during clashes with the Houthis on the al-Kasara frontline near Marib, Yemen on June 20, 2021. (AFP)
A Yemeni government fighter during clashes with the Houthis on the al-Kasara frontline near Marib, Yemen on June 20, 2021. (AFP)
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Yemen Official: Houthi Missiles Hit Marib City, Killing 3

A Yemeni government fighter during clashes with the Houthis on the al-Kasara frontline near Marib, Yemen on June 20, 2021. (AFP)
A Yemeni government fighter during clashes with the Houthis on the al-Kasara frontline near Marib, Yemen on June 20, 2021. (AFP)

A Yemeni government official said Tuesday that the Iran-backed Houthi militias fired two missiles in Marib city killing at least three people, including a child.

The missiles landed in the Rawdha neighborhood, according to Ali al-Ghulisi, the provincial governor’s press secretary.

At least 10 other people, including two children, were wounded in the attack, al-Ghulisi said.

Tuesday’s missiles landed in the same neighborhood where a Houthi missile and explosive-laden drone attack hit a gas station earlier this month, killing at least 21 people, including a father and his 2-year-old daughter.

The Houthis have been attempting since February to capture Marib from the legitimate government, in spite of international demands for calm as the attack puts at least a million refugees at risk.

The Houthis have not made substantial progress and have suffered heavy losses amid the heroics of the government forces and popular resistance aided by the Saudi-led coalition.

The Houthis have fired ballistic missiles and sent drones into Marib, often hitting civilian areas and camps for displaced people. More than 120 civilians have been killed, including 15 children, and more than 220 wounded in Marib in the past six months, according to the government.



Hamas Says Nasrallah 'Assassination' will only Strengthen Resistance

A sign depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is placed in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo
A sign depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is placed in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo
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Hamas Says Nasrallah 'Assassination' will only Strengthen Resistance

A sign depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is placed in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo
A sign depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is placed in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

Palestinian group Hamas said on Saturday it mourned Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah following his killing in an Israeli airstrike, saying his death would only fuel the fight against Israel.

"Crimes and assassination by the occupation will only increase the determination and the insistence of the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon to go forward with all their might, bravery and pride on the footsteps of the martyrs...and pursue the path of resistance until victory and the dismissal of the occupation," Hamas said in a statement.

His death marks a heavy blow to Hezbollah as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks. It is also a huge blow to Iran, given the major role he has played in the Tehran-backed regional "Axis of Resistance."

According to Reuters, the 'Axis of Resistance' refers to groups including Hezbollah that are backed by Iran and have been waging attacks on Israel since war erupted between their ally Hamas and Israel on Oct. 7.

"We reaffirm our absolute solidarity and standing with the brothers in Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, who are taking part in the battle of the Al-Aqsa Flood to defend Al-Aqsa mosque, alongside our people and our resistance," Hamas added.

Islamic Jihad, another Iranian-backed Palestinian group, said in a statement: "Sooner or later, the resistance forces in Lebanon, Palestine, and the region will make the enemy pay the price of its crimes, and taste defeat for what its sinful hands have done."