More than a dozen civilians have been killed and several more sustained injuries as Saudi Arabia carried out at least 101 airstrikes and missile attacks against Yemen within a span of 24 hours, bringing the total number of Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks since July to 3,480.
Late on Wednesday, Spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a statement that the latest Saudi assaults across Yemen targeted the capital Sana’a, the northern provinces of al-Jawf, Hajjah, Sa’ada, the central province of ‘Amran, the western provinces of al-Mahwit, as well as the southwestern provinces of Ta’izz, Dhale and Lahij.
The al-Masirah television channel, citing local sources, reported that at least 14 people lost their lives and 15 others were wounded in Saudi airstrikes that hit a market and a fuel station in Yemen's northern province of al-Jawf on Wednesday.
The sources said several airstrikes struck a public market in the provincial capital of al-Hazm, while a separate strike hit the nearby al-Tayseer fuel station, causing casualties at both sites.
Locals stressed that the targeted area was civilian and housed no military installation. Reports indicated that some victims remained trapped beneath the rubble.
Witnesses described scenes of devastation, with body parts scattered across the area, wounded civilians awaiting medical assistance, and families searching for missing relatives.
A local resident linked the attacks to the Saudi army’s losses on various Yemeni front lines, describing the strikes as convincing proof of weakness. He called on Yemeni Armed Forces to respond proportionately to the deadly strike.
Hamid Al-Rafiq, an adviser to the Yemeni Ministry of Justice, said international law prohibits attacks on markets and civilian sites, describing the incident as a war crime and a crime against humanity.
He called on international human rights organizations to highlight such violations and hold those responsible accountable.
Ansarallah warns atrocities will not go unanswered
For its part, the Yemeni Ansarullah resistance movement emphasized that continued Saudi attacks on Yemen would not go unanswered.
“The House of Saud’s insistence on the massacre of innocent Muslims clearly shows that the Riyadh regime has no connection to Islam. The attack on a public market reveals Saudi Arabia’s deep-seated malice toward the Yemeni nation, and its deliberate intention to inflict the greatest possible harm upon them,” Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a prominent member of Ansarullah’s political bureau, said.
He condemned the utter silence of the international community and human rights organizations, holding them accountable for aiding and abetting Saudi Arabia in the atrocious aggression and siege against Yemen.
On July 20, the Sana’a government announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia in response to "an unjust and oppressive siege" on Yemen for almost 12 years.
Subsequently, the Yemeni armed forces have reported a series of successful missions that have targeted vessels associated with Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea. The Yemeni forces have also carried out retaliatory attacks on targets deep inside the kingdom.
In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a blockade on Yemen, initiating a comprehensive military offensive that received support in terms of military, political, and logistical assistance from the United States and several Western countries.
Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis have been killed; however, Saudi Arabia has failed to achieve its primary goal of reestablishing a puppet government in Yemen that serves its interests.
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