Saudi Airstrikes Continue despite Ceasefire: Kill 20 Civilians
Local Editor
At least 20 Yemeni civilians have been killed and dozens of others injured in new airstrikes carried out by Saudi Arabia on different areas across Yemen.
Six members of a family were killed in a Saudi airstrike on a house in the northwestern province of Sa’ada in Yemen on Wednesday, local media outlets said.
The Saudi jets also conducted at least 21 airstrikes on the city of Sa’ada since early in the morning, reports said.
Also, the Saudi warplanes targeted a gas station and a truck carrying foodstuffs in an airstrike on the Yemen capital, Sana’a, killing two civilians and injuring tens of others, according to local media outlets. The Saudi warplanes also pounded a stadium in Sana’a, killing a civilian.
Latest reports from the capital said that the Saudi jets are incessantly bombarding the city.
At least eight Yemeni civilians were also killed and a number of civilians were injured when a Saudi aerial attack targeted an area in the district of Harad in the northwestern province of Hajjah.
Another Yemeni was killed and three others sustained injuries in a Saudi airstrike on an area in the district of Kushar in Hajjah.
Saudi jets also pounded areas in the district of al-Sayyani in the southern province of Ibb, killing two women and injuring a child.
Yemen’s southwestern province of Aden was also targeted over 100 times by Saudi jets.
The Yemeni provinces of Sa’ada, Ta’izz, Lahij, and Ma’rib were also bombarded by Saudi fighter jets.
A Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States, has been carrying out airstrikes against Yemen since March. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.
The Saudi attacks have killed more than 2,600 people and injured at least 11,000 since the military aggression began against Yemen on March 26, according to UN records.
The US-led Saudi military aggression began in an attempt to bring the fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia, back to power, and to weaken the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
