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| Saudi-led forces say strike that killed Yemeni kids was ‘legitimate,’ ICRC seeks civilian protection | |
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| The Saudi-led coalition has accused Houthi rebels in Yemen of using children as human shields following an attack on a bus on Thursday, saying their airstrikes in Saada constituted ‘legitimate action.’ | The Saudi-led coalition has accused Houthi rebels in Yemen of using children as human shields following an attack on a bus on Thursday, saying their airstrikes in Saada constituted ‘legitimate action.’ |
| In a statement released by state news agency SPA, the Saudi-led coalition claimed its airstrikes in Saada were aimed at missile launchers used to attack Jiza, a city in southern Saudi Arabia. | In a statement released by state news agency SPA, the Saudi-led coalition claimed its airstrikes in Saada were aimed at missile launchers used to attack Jiza, a city in southern Saudi Arabia. |
| “Today’s attack in Saada was a legitimate military operation… it conformed to international and humanitarian laws,” said coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki in the statement. | “Today’s attack in Saada was a legitimate military operation… it conformed to international and humanitarian laws,” said coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki in the statement. |
| READ MORE: Dozens of children slaughtered and injured in alleged coalition airstrike on bus in northern Yemen | READ MORE: Dozens of children slaughtered and injured in alleged coalition airstrike on bus in northern Yemen |
| The statement also accused the Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels of using children as human shields after dozens were killed in the Dahyan Market in northern Saada on Thursday. | The statement also accused the Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels of using children as human shields after dozens were killed in the Dahyan Market in northern Saada on Thursday. |
| The coalition intervened in the conflict back in 2015 in an attempt to restore the internationally recognised government to power after it was driven out by rebels in the capital. | |
| The UN children's agency UNICEF said it was "very concerned with the initial reports of children being killed" with UNICEF's resident representative in Yemen, Meritxell Relano saying that he is witnessing the “horror the images and videos coming from Saada… Why are children being killed?"The war in Yemen has killed almost 10,000 people in three years, and is what the United Nations has labelled as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. | |
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