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Incident on 12 July 2020 [+] Print this page

Location: a residential house in al-Asre area, Hajjah Governorate [+]

Country: Yemen [+]

Violation types: Air strikes impacting civilians and civilian objects [+]

Location


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This incident took place in a residential house in al-Asre area, Hajjah Governorate, Yemen [+]

Description


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." [+]

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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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
29 September 2021 Mwatana for Human Rights A Tragedy Without Justice: Human Rights in Yemen in 2020 29 March 2022