A Saudi airstrike on Yemen killed seven people and injured 40 others, the Iran-aligned Houthi movement’s television channel reported on Sunday.
The strike hit the central market in Taiz in southwestern Yemen, Almasirah TV said.
Taiz, a major city controlled by government forces, lies on one of the main front lines of the conflict with the Houthis.
After several years of relative calm, Yemen was plunged back into war in July, opening a new front in the wider conflict in the Middle East.
The fighting pits the Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa and Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, against the internationally recognised government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia and based in Aden in the south.
Government forces control large parts of southern and eastern Yemen, covering a larger but less densely populated area than the territory held by the Houthis.
The conflict intensified in September after anti-government fighters launched a deadly offensive, strengthening their control over the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which links Europe and Asia through the Suez Canal.
The Houthis also imposed a blockade on the Saudi fleet and targeted oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, the world’s leading crude oil exporter, as well as the capital Riyadh for the first time in years.
On Saturday, Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted two drones “launched by the Houthi terrorist militia towards the Riyadh region.”
Against this backdrop, schools in Riyadh announced on Sunday that classes would be held remotely for one week.
Despite daily Saudi airstrikes and continuing fighting on the ground, Yemeni government forces and Riyadh have failed to push the Houthis back, while their calls for international assistance have so far gone unanswered.
On Saturday, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the Saudi air force had carried out 27 strikes targeting the provinces of Taiz, Marib, Saada, Amran, Ibb and Hajjah.
Saree said the strikes were conducted using F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets that took off from air bases in Khamis Mushait and Taif.
The casualty figures reported from Taiz could not be independently verified.
