More than 20 people have been killed in intense fighting between the Houthis (Ansarallah) and forces loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi on the outskirts of Taez , AFP reported Friday (November 18th).
Yemeni military sources said 13 Houthis and eight pro-Hadi forces had been killed over the past 24 hours, while the Houthis reported dozens of casualties in the shelling of a local market.
Two civilians also were killed and 16 wounded as the Houthis fired rockets on a residential area of Taez, while pro-Hadi forces fired artillery rounds into areas east of the city.
A rocket crashed into a market selling qat, leaving 40 casualties, sabanews.net reported.
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said emergency rooms it supports or manages in Taez province had received a total of 21 dead and 76 wounded.
Among those killed was a watchman who works at the MSF trauma centre in Taez.
He was killed while "off duty when a blast hit a local market in the neighbourhood", said Djoen Besselink, who heads the MSF mission in Yemen.
"Fighting has been intensive in Taez during recent days, and hospitals on both sides of the frontline have received a continuous influx of war-wounded civilians and fighters," MSF said.
