The Yemen Monitoring Desk Islamabad
The residents of Taiz Governorate on Friday buried 18 victims, most of them civilians, including Mushira and her father, who were killed when Iranian-backed Houthi militias shelled their home on Mount Saber.
This tragic event underscores the heavy toll the ongoing escalation in Yemen continues to take on innocent lives. The attack on Mount Saber (Jabal Saber) has drawn wide condemnation from local communities and human rights groups.
Quran teacher Mushira and her father, Mohammed Qasim Ali, were killed when their family home was hit by a mortar shell.Residents of Taiz gathered at the Al-Saeed Mosque to bury 18 victims—most of them civilians—who lost their lives amidst the renewed Houthi bombardment and localized clashes.
Local sources note that the intense shelling in the Mount Saber region also struck educational and religious facilities, severely damaging the Omar al-Tayyar Mosque and its accompanying school in al-Najd village.
Houthi forces have a long-documented record of using explosive devices to intentionally demolish the homes and properties of political opponents, tribal rivals, and critics across Yemen.These blasts routinely cause secondary collapses in densely packed neighborhoods, killing non-combatants—including women and children—and burying families under the rubble.
The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms reported that Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militias are responsible for demolishing 1,774 of houses and civilian buildings, public and private civilian properties in 17 governorates.
The use of punitive house demolitions has been widely applied by the Houthi terrorist militias, during the period from September 2014 to August 2026.
The network distributed a report today, titled (Punitive House Demolitions A Constant Terrorist Policy of Houthi Militias).
The report included 1,129 cases of demolishing residential homes, 136 mosques and Quranic schools, 179 bridges and public roads, 146 farms and water wells, 41 schools and educational premises, 39 government buildings, 19 health facilities, as well as commercial and political party-owned buildings and historical landmarks.
The tactic has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians, depriving them of shelter and compounding Yemen’s severe humanitarian crisis.
The Houthi militia has a documented record of planting explosives in the homes of its opponents and demolishing them in devastating blasts. These destructive acts have claimed civilian lives and forced entire families from their homes, leaving them displaced and deprived of their shelter.
The deliberate destruction of residential properties and the displacement of families are deeply reprehensible acts that undermine the fundamental principles of human rights and civilian protection. Such actions deserve strong condemnation, and those responsible for harming civilians and destroying their homes must be held accountable.
Human rights groups and the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms have documented thousands of cases involving the destruction, booby-trapping, or demolition of residential homes, public infrastructure, schools, and places of worship across multiple Yemeni governorates since the conflict escalated in 2014.
In Saudia , the Houthis are doing the same in civilian localities. Last month, the Houthis hit civilian homes in four towns of Saudi Arabia. The homes and civilian property was damaged following Houthi attacks on Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran. Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Malki says the attacks injured 73 civilians, including women and children.
