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At least 71 civilians have been killed in the last 48 hours in air raids carried out by a Saudi-led military coalition targeting Houthi revolutionaries in Yemen, residents and local media say.
Residents told Al Jazeera that several air strikes rained down on the capital Sana’a early on Monday, killing at least 11 people, including three children and two women.
Abdul Malek al-Fadhl, a pro-Houthi activist, said two buildings were flattened in Hay Asr, a residential neighbourhood to the west of Sana’a, as coalition raids targeted the home of Mohammed al-Raimi, a local Houthi leader.
Fadhl said warplanes also targeted Raimi's car as he tried to flee, and first responders who tried to reach the victims.
The Houthi-run Al Masirah TV network said at least eight civilians, including two women, were killed in strikes in Hodeida province, 226km west of Sana’a, while four civilians were killed in raids on a government building in the central province of Dhamar.
The state-run Saba news agency reported that at least 48 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in 51 air strikes across Yemen on Sunday.
Saba also reported that scores of people were injured after four air strikes targeted a public protest in Arhab district against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Al-Quds as the capital of Israel.
There was no immediate comment from the Saudi-led coalition.
According to the medical journal The Lancet, the impact of war on Yemen's densely packed civilian neighborhoods has been devastating.
More than 18 million civilians live in Houthi-held areas, with dwindling food supplies and limited medical care.
Saudi Arabia intensified its embargo on Yemen last month in an attempt to cut off the alleged supply of weapons to the Houthis from Iran, the blockade has had a devastating impact on millions, pushing more eight million to within "a step of famine".
According to the UN, the war has killed more than 10,000 people and injured more than 40,000 to date.
The country is also facing a deadly cholera outbreak, a direct consequence of the war that has claimed about 2,000 lives and affected more than one million people since April.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
