In the second attack in less than 72 hours, the Houthi militia assassinated today (Sunday) a former security director with a drone in the Al-Ma’afer district, west of Taiz Governorate.
Security sources said that a Houthi drone bombed the car of Colonel Tawfiq Jabari al-Waqar while it was passing through the al-Kadha area in the Ma’afer district, south of Taiz, killing Colonel al-Waqar and wounding a number of those who were with him in the car.
Colonel Tawfiq Al-Waqar joined the National Resistance Forces after his dismissal from the Security Department of the Jabal Habashi Directorate.
Two days ago, the Houthi militia targeted, with drones, equipment for paving the Kadha road leading from the (besieged) city of Taiz to the city of Mocha.
The National Committee to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations had announced the death and injury of 34 civilians during the month of April as a result of the bombing of the city of Taiz, which has been besieged for 8 years.
Ishraq al-Maqtari, a member of the National Committee to Investigate Human Rights Violations, said: The number of victims of indiscriminate shelling by the Houthi militia on various areas in Taiz during the month of April is 12 civilians, and 22 others were injured, including women, children and the elderly.
She added: Despite the continuation of the unannounced truce since the beginning of October 2022, the Houthi militia continued its violations against civilians, during the month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, through sniping and indiscriminate shelling that targeted citizens’ homes and roads, calling on international humanitarian organizations to provide their various relief assistance. For civilians in difficult areas (seam areas), and to alleviate their suffering.
