Location: Mashabah village, Al Bayda' Governorate [+]
Country: Yemen [+]
Violation types: Aerial attack may tantamount to war crimes in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law [+]
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. [...] At 10:00 p.m. of 30 August 2015, a plane belonging to the Saudi-led Arab coalition bombed the house of Mohammed Al-Jaroy, a resident of Mashabah village which is located within Mukeiras District (100 kilometers southeast of Al-Baidha city), killing 10 civilians from one family, including five women and four children, as well as wounding three children. Mwatana called Nabil Mohammed Al-Jaroy, 29 years old, whose wife and mother and sister and brother and daughter and two nieces and three sisters-in-law (the wives of his three brothers) were killed in the incident, in addition to the injury of his sister and two of his nephews. Al-Jaroy said: “The coalition forces bombed our one-story house about 10:00 p.m. I do not know why our house was bombed as the nearest military site where there are Houthis is far from our village about 1-2 km away. This is not the first time the coalition planes bomb near our village, despite the fact that none of the parties in the conflict are present in our village. The Houthis did not even enter our village because none of their opponents are here. The coalition bombed our house without any reason. We have submitted a paper (a complaint) to the fourth military region in Aden to find out what caused them to kill ten souls that have not committed any sin nor have a relationship with any party. The officials said they will communicate with the coalition forces to find out the reason. Until now they have not informed us of anything, even though it has been more than a month now since the incident.”" [+]
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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15 December 2015 | Mwatana for Human Rights | Blind Air Strikes | 09 October 2019 |