Yemen and the Red Sea

Al-Kadha coast, Dhubab district, Taiz: Houthi-run media say Saudi airstrikes on two fishing boats kill eight fishermen on 20 October

ATTACK
Location
Al-Kadha coast, Dhubab district, Taiz (not geolocated; district-level estimate)
Actors
Saudi Arabia
Importance
Standard

Saudi warplanes struck two fishing boats with two airstrikes off the Al-Kadha coast in Dhubab district, Taiz governorate, on 20 October 2026, killing eight fishermen, the Houthi-run Saba news agency said, citing a local source. Al-Masirah's Taiz correspondent said aircraft first hit fishermen on a boat moored near the coast and then struck survivors of the first raid as they tried to escape on another boat, killing all of them. The fishermen were not named. No Saudi or coalition statement on the incident was read.

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Al-Masirah video presented as the aftermath of Saudi airstrikes on fishermen off the Al-Kadha coast in Dhubab, Taiz; not independently verified.

Credit Al-Masirah (Almasirah_YE)

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  • Fatalities: Best 8 · Confidence: Unknown · Evidence: Taiz: eight fishermen killed as Saudi aircraft bomb two fishing boats with two raids off the Al-Kadha coast in Dhubab district, Our correspondent in Taiz: eight fishermen killed as Saudi aircraft bomb two fishing boats with two raids off the Al-Kadha coast · Eight fishermen killed, per Saba and Al-Masirah.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Eight fishermen martyred in Saudi airstrikes in Taiz coast, Taiz: eight fishermen killed as Saudi aircraft bomb two fishing boats with two raids off the Al-Kadha coast in Dhubab district, Our correspondent in Taiz: eight fishermen killed as Saudi aircraft bomb two fishing boats with two raids off the Al-Kadha coast

Houthi-run Saba and Al-Masirah reports; no Saudi, coalition or independent confirmation read. Coastal location not geolocated; district-level placement.