Yemen and the Red Sea

Al-Adan, Taiz: an account says Houthi shelling killed a woman and her elderly father

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Al-Adan, Saber / Sabr al-Mawadim district, Taiz (district reference; village unresolved)
Importance
Standard

The account @SAPRAC_SA reported that Houthi forces killed a woman and her elderly father in a shelling attack on their home in Al-Adan village, Saber district, Taiz. It described the woman’s mother carrying her body. The post was published at 05:40 UTC on 21 October 2026 but gave no date for the shelling. This is an attributed, unverified account; no names or further casualty details were provided.

  • Fatalities: Best 2 · Confidence: Unknown · Evidence: A Yemeni mother carries the body of her daughter, a Quran teacher, on her back after the Houthi militia killed her and her elderly father in Al-Adan village, Saber District, Taiz, in a shelling attack on their home. · The account says a woman and her elderly father were killed; it does not name them.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: A Yemeni mother carries the body of her daughter, a Quran teacher, on her back after the Houthi militia killed her and her elderly father in Al-Adan village, Saber District, Taiz, in a shelling attack on their home.

A single social-media account reports the shelling and deaths; no independent confirmation is included in the post.