Yemen health minister says 1,039 killed or wounded in Saudi operations since July 13

Yemen's health minister said on Sunday that 1,039 people have been killed or wounded in Saudi attacks and military operations since the escalation against the country began on July 13, according to Mehr News.

The minister said the death toll from a Saudi airstrike on civilian homes in the village of Al-Shariyah in the Bani Hushaysh district of Sanaa province had risen to 32 killed and 38 wounded in preliminary figures. Rescue teams were still working to recover the bodies of the dead from under the rubble of homes hit by Saudi warplanes, he said. The minister added that Saudi jets also targeted rescue workers and medical teams as they tried to evacuate the wounded from the site of the attack.

He reported that 30 people were killed and 13 wounded in a Saudi airstrike on the Al-Hadharah market in the Al-Waziyah district of Taiz province, describing those figures as non-final. According to the minister, 199 people were killed or wounded in Taiz province over the past eight days, bringing the total number of victims of Saudi attacks and military operations since the escalation began to 1,039. He said Saudi airstrikes have targeted various areas across Yemen's provinces.

The figures were described as preliminary in several cases, and the minister indicated that rescue and recovery work was continuing at some sites. The report by Mehr News added that the toll covers both airstrikes and military operations since the escalation began on July 13.