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. [...] Four bombs launched by Saudi-led Arab coalition fighter jets on 5 September 2015 turned a house in Al-Nahdah neighborhood north of the capital Sana’a into rubble and killed nine civilians, including three women and two children, and wounded another civilian living nearby. Al-Nahdah Neighborhood remained vulnerable to heavy bombardment for days according to witnesses before the turn came to Mujahid al-Fadhli’s house, which is about 20-30 meters away from the wall of Al-Eman University where armed Houthis (Ansar Allah) have been stationed inside since they seized it in September 2014. Nayef Atef is 19 years old and a cousin of five people who were killed in that strike. He received a strong shock that morning when he arrived at his uncle’s house to visit him and saw members of his family under the rubble except for two who were thrown by the pressure of the blast outside the house. Nayef said he heard the sound of explosions while he was on his way to his uncle’s house and so was scared and worried that his uncle’s family might be harmed. But, Nayef continues: “upon my arrival in Al-Nahdah neighborhood, I saw the disaster that I was praying to God that it does not happen. I found out that the whole area had been destroyed. I saw all members of my uncle’s family thrown outside their house. Under the rubble there were women, children and the elderly, except for one or two people who were thrown out of the house by the pressure from the blast. Four bombs were surely enough to turn some of them to pieces.” He went on: “I tried with some of the neighborhood people to aid and rescue the victims, but it was too late. I think if we had reached them a little earlier it might have been possible to save some of them, those who have been struggling with death and no one can approach them for fear of the planes bombing again. The planes were hovering over the area continuously. But I accompanied by members of the neighborhood guards took a risk and we recovered the bodies of the victims from under the rubble. Perhaps the most difficult scene that affected me that day was seeing Rowayda, a 2-year-old little girl, with her head cut in half by a metal fragment. It was a very painful scene for everyone that saw it.” Fayez Al-Thraywah, 22 years old, is working on a motorcycle and he gave “Mwatana” additional testimony, saying that four bombs hit the house of Mujahid al Fadhli who is an immigrant in Sudan, killing his family consisting of his wife, four of his children, his two daughters-in-law, and a granddaughter. Fayez explains the extent of violence and brutality inflicted on the residents of that area, citing the fate of his friend Yusuf al-Qurashi who is 25 years old, where the rescuers could not recognize him and only identified him by a watch that he was wearing. He says “The watch is all that remained of our friend and is the only reason we could distinguish his hand and with it his identity. Another victim, Abdul Majed al-Fadhli, 28 years old, lost his legs. A child with a large metal that entered his head, and another man that we could not get out from under the rubble only after great effort and a lot of time. It was really a very terrifying sight.” According to Fayez most of the residents of the neighborhood have fled their homes after the incident." ^[+]