Corroborated · Taiz, Yemen ·
Reports dated 19 to 20 October say a projectile hit a residential area of Taiz, Yemen, and an AFP-credited photo caption shows people searching rubble. Sources attribute the strike to the Houthis, though OSINTWarfare says the weapon may have been an artillery shell, rocket or missile, while Yahoo News Canada and Al-Bawaba describe a missile. Casualty figures differ: a Global News Canada item (carried by Yahoo News Canada and UA.NEWS) and OSINTWarfare say two were killed, with OSINTWarfare adding more than 20 injured, while Al-Bawaba says at least nine were killed and 14 wounded.
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Verification
Corroborated: 4 independent sources.
Sources disagree on:
- Al-Bawaba reports at least nine killed and 14 wounded in the Taiz residential strike, while OSINTWarfare and a Global News Canada item carried by Yahoo News Canada and UA.NEWS report two killed.
Details by origin
Each detail, with the independent origins that reported it. An origin is the outlet or channel where a claim first appeared; reposts count once. A row counts no more independent origins than the event does above; where it lists more, it says so. This counts reports: it is not a measure of accuracy, and it does not change the event's status. "Reports differ" means two origins gave values that cannot both be true; it is about that detail, not about whether the incident happened.
| Detail | Reported | Reported by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| What happened | Missile attack | Yahoo News Canada; AFP (via Middle East Eye); Al-Bawaba; consistent with it: @OSINTWarfare (X); CTV News (via Global News, NBC News, Oskaloosa Herald); PBS; UA.NEWS; KTVN; NewsCord; The Times of Israel | Reported by 3 independent origins |
| Place | Taiz, Yemen | @OSINTWarfare (X); Yahoo News Canada; UA.NEWS; NewsCord; AFP (via Middle East Eye); Al-Bawaba; consistent with it: CTV News (via Global News, NBC News, Oskaloosa Herald); KTVN | 6 origins listed, counted as 4 independent |
| Time | 20 Oct (local date) | AFP (via Middle East Eye) | One origin |
| Who did it | Houthis | @OSINTWarfare (X); CTV News (via Global News, NBC News, Oskaloosa Herald); Yahoo News Canada; PBS; UA.NEWS; KTVN; NewsCord; The Times of Israel; Al-Bawaba | 9 origins listed, counted as 4 independent |
| Target | besieged city in Yemen | CTV News (via Global News, NBC News, Oskaloosa Herald); KTVN; The Times of Israel | Reported by 3 independent origins |
| Target | residential area in Taiz | Yahoo News Canada; Al-Bawaba | Reported by 2 independent origins |
| Target | residential neighborhood in Taiz | @OSINTWarfare (X) | One origin |
| Target | two teenage girls | UA.NEWS | One origin, unverified |
| Killed | 2 (figure from an unnamed source) | @OSINTWarfare (X); Yahoo News Canada; UA.NEWS | Reports differ |
| Killed | at least 9 (a lower bound) (figure from an unnamed source) | Al-Bawaba | Reports differ |
| Injured | at least 14 (a lower bound) (figure from an unnamed source) | Al-Bawaba | Figure from 1 source, carried by 1 outlet |
1 more value not shown.
This table may include reports the automated review judged to be about another incident.
The disagreements listed under Verification are written by the automated review; this table is computed by rules, so the two lists can differ.
Sources
- CTV News,
- @OSINTWarfare (X),
- Al-Bawaba,
- Global News,
- Oskaloosa Herald,
- KTVN,
- UA.NEWS,
- PBS,
- Yahoo News Canada,
- NBC News,
- NewsCord,
- The Times of Israel,
- Middle East Eye,
First reported ; last updated .
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