Five Yemeni civilians were killed after a katyusha rocket was fired by the Houthis at a wedding in Al Jawf in northeast of Yemen.
The Yemeni news agency quoted a medical source as saying that Al Jawf Public Hospital said five Yemenis, women and children, were killed, adding that others were injured and some of them are in a critical condition.
A military source said the Houthis fired the rocket at a ceremony in a house in Al Hazm in Al Jawf where only women had gathered for the celebration.
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