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Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah revolutionaries condemned the Saudi-led military coalition on Tuesday over an airstrike that hit a hospital, killing 14 people.
Tamim al-Shami, spokesman for the Health Ministry, said the strike on the hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in the northern town of Abs was one of many attacks on civilians carried out by the Saudi aggressors.
Doctors Without Borders said one of its staff members was killed in Monday’s airstrike. It raised the death toll to 14 on Tuesday after three more people died of their wounds. The medical charity, also known by its French acronym MSF, said 24 wounded people were still receiving treatment.
MSF, which has seen four of its sponsored facilities attacked in Yemen this year, said it was tired of reassurances that such strikes would not happen again.
"We do not want words, courtesies, overpromises which go undelivered," said emergency unit manager Teresa Sancristoval. "What we need to see is proof of intent and a commitment that there will be no more airstrikes on medical facilities, staff, and patients."
Raquel Ayora, head of operations of MSF in Barcelona, said the Saudi-led coalition "had the GPS coordinates of all our facilities," including where staffers are housed.
"The ability of all the system, the services in the country - foreigners or not - to provide assistance to people is decreasing sharply," she said. "It’s a neglected conflict. It’s a forbidden conflict."
Rights groups and U.N. agencies say over 9,000 people have been killed in the conflict. Fighting has picked up across the country after peace talks in Kuwait collapsed earlier this month.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
