Houthi missile strikes killed three people, including a 13-year-old child, in Yemen's western coastal province of Hodeidah on Tuesday evening.
Two ballistic missiles hit agricultural land in the southern Al Khawkha district, killing two farmers alongside the child, according to a military source from Yemen's internationally recognized government.
The military source told German news agency dpa that Houthi paramilitaries launched the weapons against farms in the area. The source added that the reported death toll remains preliminary while local authorities conduct an investigation into the strike.
Missile strikes hit farmland in Al Khawkha
The attack targeted an area under the control of government forces, which maintain a foothold in the southern part of Hodeidah province while the Houthi movement controls the majority of the region.
Al Khawkha is a coastal district located along the Red Sea in southern Hodeidah, a region that has seen repeated military friction due to its proximity to vital maritime routes.
Wider clashes across Yemeni provinces
The missile strikes in Hodeidah followed broader military exchanges earlier on Tuesday across multiple Yemeni provinces, including Taiz, Shabwa, and Marib.
Neither the Houthi movement nor government forces released casualty reports for the wider engagements across those provinces.
Taiz, Marib, and Shabwa represent critical front lines in the central and southern parts of the country, where pro-government troops and Houthi fighters have contested territory for years.
Territorial control in Hodeidah province
The renewed violence in Hodeidah comes amid growing military tension across the country, linked to broader regional security developments in the Middle East.
The Houthi movement, officially known as Ansar Allah, is an Iran-aligned Shia political and military group that seized control of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, in 2014.
The takeover led to a military intervention in 2015 by a Saudi-backed coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognized government.
Although large-scale offensive operations had slowed in recent years, local skirmishes and long-range missile strikes have continued to disrupt fragile stability in key coastal and border districts.
Authorities in Hodeidah are continuing their investigation into the farm strikes as military forces in the area remain on high alert.
