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Incident on 8 May 2015 [+] Print this page

Location: Al-Jabrah house in AlRabea village, Sa'dah Governorate [+]

Country: Yemen [+]

Violation types: Aerial attack may tantamount to war crimes in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law [+]

Location


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This incident took place in Al-Jabrah house in AlRabea village, Sa'dah Governorate, Yemen [+]

Description


According to Mwatana for Human Rights: "Despite the statements issued by the Spokesman of the Arab Allied Forces –Brigadier General Ahmed Aseeri- that all precautionary measures were taken to avoid civilian casualties and to ensure the safety and security of all Yemenis, a sizable number of the coalition’ aerial attacks did target civilian areas and resulted in killing and injury of civilian, damage of homes, civil institutions and infrastructures. These violations may tantamount to war crimes in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law. [...] On 8 May 2015, the Saudi-led Arab coalition forces bombed Al-Jabrah house in AlRabea village, located to the east of Al-Talh weapons market. The village is 12 kilometers away north-west of the city of Sada’a. At 11:00 a.m. the strike took place killing a woman and wounding a child. Mohamed Jabrah, 40 years old, a Qat seller and the brother of the victim who was killed in the incident, said that he was outside his house when the coalition forces hit a nearby village, and when he returned to his home, a plane bombed it. “The house collapsed over our heads after it was bombed by the coalition forces. I wasn’t hurt because I was in one of the corners when the bomb fell. As for my brother’s house, which is located next to my house, a metal fragment entered the house from above the colored windows and hit my sister in the head killing her instantly. I was praying to God then and saying (Sufficient is God for me, and how perfect is the Trustee). My brother took out my sister body and left it outside my house, and then came to check on me. He told me that my sister was wounded only and he did not tell me that she was dead so as not to scare me. Then we took her and my little son in a neighbor’s car to Al-Salam Hospital because my car was destroyed by the air strike.” Abdullah Ahmad (36 years old) a mechanic, recalls that he was in Al-Talh market when he heard the sound of two explosions in the direction of Al Tayef and Al Rabea areas. So he rushed to his house without buying what he needed. He Said “When I got home, I made several phone calls to inquire about the places that were bombed, and they told me that the strike was in the house of Al Jabrah. I am their friend and we know each other very well. I knew that they are in Al-Salam hospital so I went to them and found that their sister had died and that one of their young children was injured. After we buried their sister, I went to their house to see what happened there, and found the house completely destroyed. The only thing that remained from the house was a pile of bricks.”" [+]

Perpetrator units

Name Other Names Classification
Operation Restoring Hope [+] Arab Coalition
Arab Coalition Forces
Arab Coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen
Gulf Arab coalition
Hope Restoration Operation
Joint Forces
Operation Renewal of Hope
Operation Storm of Resolve
Saudi-led Arab Coalition
Saudi-led Coalition
coalition forces
operations Renewal of Hope
Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Operation [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+]

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15 December 2015 Mwatana for Human Rights Blind Air Strikes 09 October 2019