Location: a residential house in al-Asre area, Hajjah Governorate [+]
Country: Yemen [+]
Violation types: Air strikes impacting civilians and civilian objects [+]
This incident took place in a residential house in al-Asre area, Hajjah Governorate, Yemen [+]
According to Mwatana for Human Rights: "In 2020, Mwatana documented about 32 Saudi/UAE-led coalition air strikes impacting civilians and civilian objects in eight Yemeni governorates: Amanat al-Asemah, Sana’a, Hajjah, Sadah, al-Hudaydah, al-Bayda, Ma’rib, al-Jawf. At least 104 civilians were killed, including 41 children and 17 women, and at least 81 civilians were injured, including 41 children and 19 women, in these air strikes. These attacks damaged and destroyed protected civilian objects, and hit residential homes and neighborhoods, markets, civilian vehicles, farms schools, and service and commercial facilities. [...] On Sunday, July 12, 2020, at approximately 01:00 pm, the Saudi/UAE-led coalition attacked, with one bomb, a residential house in al-Asre area, Washaha district, Hajjah governorate. As a result of the attack, 9 civilians were killed, including three women and six children, and one woman and three children were wounded, and the house was completely destroyed. The brother of one of the victims, Hamid Ali (26 years old), said: “I was near the house when I heard a huge explosion. I ran to the house... and found it smashed, and the children and women who were inside were left in pieces.” Mwatana conducted interviews with three relatives of the victims and with witnesses, all of whom said there were no military targets in or near the house before or at the time of the attack, and only women and children were in the house." [+]
Name | Other Names | Classification |
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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
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Army [+] Joint Operation [+] Military [+] Navy [+] |
Publication Date | Publisher | Publication Title | Access Date | Archive Link |
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29 September 2021 | Mwatana for Human Rights | A Tragedy Without Justice: Human Rights in Yemen in 2020 | 29 March 2022 |