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Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population on Thursday condemned the heinous crime committed by the US-backed Saudi-led warplane which targeted a group of civilians in al-Masoudi area of Beit al-Faqih district in Hodeida province, killing 21 people and injuring 11 others.
The ministry said the massacre revealed the weakness of the United Nations system and its inability to play any role, not even to condemn the crimes committed by the Saudi-led aggression aggression.
The statement called on the ministries of health in the world to lift the blockade imposed on Yemen and provide it with health and humanitarian aid to address this catastrophe.
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
