Yemen and the Red Sea

Saada, Yemen: Saudi-led airstrike on the house of Ali al-Qahim in Sahar district on 18 October kills 10, including five children and three women, and injures 23, Houthi-run media say

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ATTACK
Location
Al-Tawilah area, Sahar district, Saada governorate, Yemen (district-level; house location not given; estimated)
Actors
Saudi Arabia
Importance
Standard

A Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit the house of Ali al-Qahim in the al-Tawilah area of Sahar district, Saada governorate, in northern Yemen, on 18 October 2026, killing nine people and injuring 16, most of them women and children, the Houthi-run Saba news agency reported at 13:07 UTC, citing a local source who said the toll was not final. Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV first reported the attack on a house in Sahar at about 10:00 UTC, then gave a preliminary toll of nine killed and 11 injured (five children, two women and two men killed; seven children and four women injured), later 16 injured, and at 13:24 UTC said an injured person had arrived at al-Jumhuri hospital and that the toll stood at nine killed and 17 injured, with the search for survivors under the rubble continuing. At 13:46 UTC Al-Masirah said the death toll had risen to 10, including five children and three women. Al-Masirah posted footage it said showed the destroyed house. No Saudi or coalition statement on the incident was read. Al-Masirah later said the toll had risen to 10 killed and 23 injured, mostly children and women, with the search under the rubble continuing.

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Footage posted by Houthi-run Al-Masirah said to show the house hit in Sahar district, Saada; not independently geolocated.

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Footage posted by Houthi-run Al-Masirah said to show the site of the attack on Ali al-Qahm's house in Sahar district; not independently geolocated.

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  • Fatalities: Best 10 · Confidence: Unknown · Evidence: Saada: death toll in the Saudi enemy's crime against the al-Qahm family in Sahar rises to 10, including 5 children and 3 women · Ten killed, including five children and three women, per Al-Masirah at 13:46 UTC (Houthi-run); earlier non-final tolls from Saba and Al-Masirah were nine.
  • Injuries: Best 23 · Confidence: Unknown · Evidence: Saada correspondent: toll of the attack on the family of Ali al-Qahm rises to 9 killed and 17 injured; search for survivors continues, Saada: toll of Saudi attack on Ali al-Qahm family rises to 10 killed and 23 injured, mostly children and women · Twenty-three injured, mostly children and women, per Al-Masirah update (Houthi-run); earlier Al-Masirah figure was 17; Saba earlier non-final was 16.

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Evidence: Saada: Saudi aggression on a house in Sahar district and reports of casualties, Al Masirah TV: 9 killed and 16 injured in the Saudi attack in Saada, Sa'dah: 25 killed and injured in Saudi attack on a citizen's home in Sahar district, Saada: death toll in the Saudi enemy's crime against the al-Qahm family in Sahar rises to 10, including 5 children and 3 women, Saada: toll of Saudi attack on Ali al-Qahm family rises to 10 killed and 23 injured, mostly children and women

Houthi-run media only (Saba citing a local source; Al-Masirah, relayed by CGTN); casualty figures rose through the day and the latest Al-Masirah figures are used (10 killed at 13:46 UTC, 17 injured at 13:24 UTC), earlier tallies superseded and not combined; weapon described as an airstrike by Saba; exact house location not given; footage not independently geolocated; no Saudi or coalition confirmation read. Al-Masirah later raised injuries to 23 (Houthi-run; non-final).