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Yemen’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Wednesday’s Saudi-led coalition airstrikes that killed 20 civilians and injured 10 others in Hodeida province.
In a press statement obtained by Yemen Press Agency on Thursday, the ministry held the United Nations and the international community full responsibility for their silence towards the coalition’s war crimes.
The statement called for establishing an international investigation into the Saudi-led coalition’s violations in Yemen.
Wednesday’s airstrike targeted a popular market in Bait al-Faqih district.
The Legal Center for Rights and Developments in Yemen, in a statement released on October 15, announced that the ongoing Saudi-led military campaign against the impoverished and conflict-plagued Arab country has resulted in the death of 15,185 civilians, including 3,527 children and 2,277 women.
A total of 23,822 civilians, among them 3,526 children and 2,587 women, have also sustained injuries, and are currently suffering from the lack of medicine, medical supplies and poor treatment due to the crippling Saudi siege.
The center further noted that the Saudi military aggression has also caused the death of nearly 2,200 Yemenis from cholera.
It highlighted that aerial assaults being conducted by the Saudi-led alliance have resulted in the destruction of 15 airports and 14 ports, and damaged 2,559 roads and bridges in addition to 781 water storage facilities, 191 power stations and 426 telecommunications towers.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
