More than 40 civilians have been killed in Saudi strikes on Houthi-controlled Yemeni territories over the week, according to the health ministry established by the Houthis in the country’s official capital city of Sana.

“Forty-four civilians, including five children, died after Saudi Arabia’s bombardments in the Al-Jawf, Hodeida, Taiz, Saada, Sana, and Hajjah governorates,” it said, adding that eighty-two civilian have been wounded in these governorates since September 3.