Iran-backed Houthi rebels say Saudi-led airstrikes have killed 14 people in a busy market in northern Yemen.

Yemeni officials, meanwhile, appealed for international support to protect civilians in Taiz as the Houthis tightened their siege of the city.

Separately, a police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in the Serbian capital of Belgrade shot and killed a man who attacked him with a knife. Police called the incident a “terrorist attack.”

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Wednesday.

Saudi-led airstrikes hit a crowded market in northern Yemen on Wednesday, killing 14 people, including three children and two women and wounding 15 others, Anees al-Asbahi, spokesperson for the Houthi-run Health Ministry said on X.

The strikes hit a central market near a gas station in al-Hazm, the capital of al-Jawf province, around midday while it was packed with shoppers, according to a statement issued earlier.

Also on Wednesday, the Ministry of Transportation of the internationally-recognized…