Bani Hushaish
District east of Sanaa in Yemen.
At least 33 people died and 39 were hurt when a strike hit al-Shariyah, a Bani Hushaish village east of Sanaa, on Saturday 7 November 2026, a spokesman for the Houthi-run health ministry said. Those figures lack outside confirmation.
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Bani Hushaish is a district of Sanaa Governorate, east of Yemen's capital, in territory the Houthis hold. It had 73,957 residents at the 2003 census and is known for its grape plantations. Sanaa Governorate surrounds the capital city, and Bani Hushaish lies on its eastern side.
al-Shariyah, one of the district's villages, was hit on 7 November 2026. The Houthi-run health ministry's spokesman put the dead at 33 or more and the wounded at 39; no outside party has yet confirmed either number.
According to Yahya Saree, who speaks for the Houthi military, Coalition aircraft and missiles struck 105 times within one day in November 2026, hitting the capital and seven further governorates.
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