AT LEAST five more civilians were killed and two children were among the injured today as Saudi-led coalition warplanes continued to pummel residential areas across Yemen.

The capital Sanaa was bombed in the morning, with air strikes targeting the city’s September 21 Park. A third missile struck Dhabwa in the Sanhan district of Sanaa province.

Riyadh has escalated its bombing of civilian areas as the Houthi movement liberates more areas in oil-rich Marib province, the last stronghold of forces loyal to ousted former president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

The latest bombings took place after at least five people were killed on Tuesday as Saudi jets carried out more than 30 air strikes on the Baihan district of Shabwah province.

A bus was among the targets, according to local reports. Just 24 hours earlier, the same district had been hit by at least 50 missile strikes.

In north-west Yemen, two children were taken to hospital after they were among the injured as warplanes bombed Saada province.

Saudi Arabia has denied targeting residential area, with state television reporting today that missiles had struck a workshop and warehouses for drones.

It was believed to be retaliating after Houthi forces captured a United Arab Emirates-flagged ship on Tuesday.

The Gulf kingdom claimed that the vessel was in international waters at the time and carrying “medical field equipment” for the construction of a hospital.

But the Houthi movement said that the ship was laden with military equipment, including armoured vehicles and weapons to be used against the Yemeni people.

It is currently being held in the port of Salif, north of Hodeida.

The Saudi-led coalition launched its bombing campaign in March 2015, aiming to restore Mr Hadi’s government, which was overthrown in a popular uprising led by the Houthis.

Yemen is on the brink of the world’s worst global famine in more than a century. According to a United Nations report last month, 377,000 people have been killed as a result of the war.