Saudi-led coalition raids in Yemen kill 109 civilians in past 10 days

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Saudi-led coalition raids in Yemen kill 109 civilians in past 10 days

GENEVA: A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has killed 109 civilians in air strikes in the past 10 days, including 54 at a crowded market and 14 members of one family in a farm, the top UN official in the country said on Thursday.
UN resident coordinator Jamie McGoldrick called the fighting futile and absurd, an unusually direct criticism of the war in which the coalition, backed by the United States, Britain and others, is fighting the Iran-allied Houthi armed movement.
Citing initial reports from the UN human rights office, a statement by McGoldrick said air strikes hit a crowded market in Al Hayma sub-district of Attazziah in Taiz governorate on Tuesday, killing 54 and injuring 32.Eight of the dead and six of the injured were children, according to the reports.
On the same day an air strike on a farm in Attohayta district of Hodeidah governorate killed 14, and air strikes elsewhere killed a further 41 civilians and injured 43 over the past 10 days.
"These incidents prove the complete disregard for human life that all parties, including the Saudi-led Coalition, continue to show in this absurd war that has only resulted in the destruction of the country and the incommensurate suffering of its people, who are being punished as part of a futile military campaign by both sides," McGoldrick said. Under international law, the warring sides must spare civilians and civilian infrastructure, he added.
The United Nations has no up-to-date estimate of the death toll in Yemen, having said in August 2016 that according to medical centres at least 10,000 people had been killed.
The United Nations says Yemen is the world´s worst humanitarian crisis, with about 8 million people on the brink of famine, a cholera epidemic that has infected 1 million people, and economic collapse in what was already one of the Arab world´s poorest countries.
The UN official said the conflict in Yemen has no military solution and could be resolved only through negotiations.
The Arab coalition intervened in support of the internationally recognised government in March 2015 after the Huthis took over the capital Sanaa and much of Yemen.
But despite the coalition´s superior firepower, the rebels still control the capital and much of the north.
More than 8,750 people have been killed since the coalition intervened, according to the World Health Organisation.
A local source, requesting anonymity, told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that Saudi fighter jets mounted five aerial assaults against al-Matammah district on Thursday morning, and five others against Khabb and Sha'af plus al-Zahir districts.The source added that two civilians were killed when a Saudi warplane struck a truck as it was traveling along a road in al-Matammah district.
One civilian also sustained injuries when his car, which was carrying pieces of nursery equipment for newborn babies, was damaged in an airstrike.
At least 13,600 people have been killed since the onset of Saudi Arabia?s military campaign against Yemen in 2015. Much of the Arabian Peninsula country's infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and factories, has been reduced to rubble due to the war.
The Saudi-led war has also triggered a deadly cholera epidemic across Yemen.
Additionally, the UN has described the current level of hunger in Yemen as ?unprecedented,? emphasizing that 17 million people are now food insecure in the country. It added that 6.8 million, meaning almost one in four people, do not have enough food and rely entirely on external assistance. A recent survey showed that almost one-third of families had gaps in their diets and hardly ever consumed foods like pulses, vegetables, fruit, dairy products or meat.More than three million pregnant and nursing women and children under the age of five also need support to prevent or cure malnutrition.



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