Houthi ballistic missile and projectile attack on Ahad Rufaidah · 3 October 2026
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- Date
- 3 October 2026 · 22 Rabi' al-Thani 1448 AH
- Place
- Ahad Rufaidah
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile, Projectile
- Outcome
- Intercepted, debris fell
- Killed / injured
- 1 injured
- Victims
- Nationality not stated: 1 injured
- Launched from
- Saada (assumed)
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (13 reports in all)
- Civil Defense: Fragments from the interception of a ballistic missile fell in Ahad Rufaidah governorate in Asir region, resulting in the injury of a resident and damage to a prayer room inside a building and vehicles.#الدفاع_المدني : سقوط شظايا اعتراض صاروخ باليستي في محافظة أحد رفيدة بمنطقة عسير نتج عنه إصابة مقيم وأضرار في مصلى داخل مبنى ومركبات. (machine translation)
“Civil Defense: Fragments from the interception of a ballistic missile fell in Ahad Rufaidah governorate in Asir region, resulting in the injury of a resident and damage to a prayer room inside a building and vehicles. https://t.co/kZUS82I0Vj”
- Civil Defense: Fragments from the interception of a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia fell in Ahad Rufaidah in Asir, resulting in the injury of a resident and damage to a pra…الدفاع المدني: سقوط شظايا اعتراض صاروخ باليستي تم إطلاقه من قبل ميليشيا الحوثية الإرهابية في أحد رفيدة بعسير نتج عنه إصابة مقيم وأضرار في مص… (machine translation)
“Civil Defense: Fragments from the interception of a ballistic missile launched by the terrorist Houthi militia fell in Ahad Rufaidah in Asir, resulting in the injury of a resident and damage to a prayer room inside a building and vehicles https://t.co/w2V2nn5vun”
- Civil Defense: Fragments from the interception of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia fell in Ahad Rufaidah in Asir, resulting in the injury of a resident and damage to a prayer room inside a buil…الدفاع المدني: سقوط شظايا اعتراض صاروخ باليستي تم إطلاقه من قبل ميليشيا الحوثي في أحد رفيدة بعسير نتج عنه إصابة مقيم وأضرار في مصلى داخل مبن… (machine translation)
“Civil Defense: Fragments from the interception of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia fell in Ahad Rufaidah in Asir, resulting in the injury of a resident and damage to a prayer room inside a building and vehicles https://t.co/vYGiJc7czu”
- A resident injured by shrapnel from a Houthi projectile while praying in one of the mosques of Ahad Rafidah recounts the moments of his injury and the details of the incidentمقيم مصاب بشظايا مقذوف حوثي أثناء أدائه الصلاة في أحد مساجد أحد رفيدة يروي لحظات إصابته وتفاصيل الحادثة (machine translation)
“A resident injured by shrapnel from a Houthi projectile while praying in one of the mosques of Ahad Rafidah recounts the moments of his injury and the details of the incident”
- Saudi Civil Defense: A resident injured and a prayer room damaged by the fall of fragments of a Houthi ballistic missile in "Ahad Rufaidah"الدفاع المدني السعودي: إصابة مقيم وأضرار في مصلى بسقوط شظايا صاروخ باليستي حوثي في "أحد رفيدة" (machine translation)
“Saudi Civil Defense: A resident injured and damage to a prayer room from the fall of fragments of a Houthi ballistic missile in "Ahad Rufaidah" https://t.co/2tB2RRrsB8”
- Saudi Civil Defense: A resident injured after fragments from the interception of a Houthi missile fell in Ahad Rufaidahالدفاع المدني السعودي: إصابة مقيم إثر سقوط شظايا اعتراض صاروخ حوثي في أحد رفيدة (machine translation)
“Saudi Civil Defense: A resident injured after fragments from the interception of a Houthi missile fell in Ahad Rufaidah https://t.co/lCV5pX1JEC”
- Saudi Civil Defense: Fragments from the interception of a ballistic missile fell in "Ahad Rufaidah" in Asir regionالدفاع المدني السعودي: سقوط شظايا اعتراض صاروخ باليستي في "أحد رفيدة" بمنطقة عسير (machine translation)
“Saudi Civil Defense: Fragments from the interception of a ballistic missile fell in "Ahad Rufaidah" in Asir region https://t.co/ELpAZrT71m”
- Falling shrapnel from an intercepted Houthi ballistic missile wounded an Asian expatriate resident and caused material damage to a prayer ro…
“Falling shrapnel from an intercepted Houthi ballistic missile wounded an Asian expatriate resident and caused material damage to a prayer room inside a building and several civilian vehicles in Ahad Rafidah, Aseer,…”
- Shrapnel from an intercepted Houthi ballistic missile injured an Asian resident and damaged a prayer room and several vehicles in Asir regio…
“Shrapnel from an intercepted Houthi ballistic missile injured an Asian resident and damaged a prayer room and several vehicles in Asir region's Ahad Rafidah governorate, according to the Saudi Directorate for Civil…”
- These are the top headlines from Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, on Saturday October 3rd at 6am GMT. - Shrapnel…
“These are the top headlines from Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, on Saturday October 3rd at 6am GMT. - Shrapnel from intercepted Houthi missile injures resident in Asir - Yemen coalition…”
- Resident injured, prayer hall damaged by Houthi missile in Saudi
“Riyadh: A resident was injured after debris from an intercepted ballistic missile fell in Ahad Rafidah governorate in Saudi Arabia’s Asir region, the Civil Defence said on Saturday, October 3. The missile, launched by…”
- Saudi Arabia reports Houthi attacks, Mecca Defense Alliance enters implementation phase
“Riyadh, Oct. 6 (SANA) Saudi Arabia reported new Houthi militia attacks targeting its territory and civilian infrastructure on Tuesday, as a trilateral defense agreement with Türkiye and Pakistan entered its…”
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