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Yemen hospital hit by Saudi-led airstrikes Air strikes hit M​​édecins sans Fronti​​ères​ facility in Yemen
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A Yemeni hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières has been hit by a Saudi-led airstrike, the medical aid group has said, the latest bombing of a civilian target in the seven-month air campaign in the country. Médecins sans Frontières says a small medical facility it runs in Sa’ada province in northern Yemen has been completely destroyed by two air strikes – the latest bombing of a civilian target in the seven-month, Saudi-led air campaign in the country.
Hassan Boucenine, the MSF chief in Yemen, told the Associated Press that the first strike hit a building housing the facility’s administration offices. No one was inside the building at the time. The second strike targeted the main building about 10 minutes later, by which time everyone inside – a total of about 12 staff and patients – had been evacuated.
Our facility in #Saada #Yemen was hit by several airstrikes last night with patients & staff inside the facility.Our facility in #Saada #Yemen was hit by several airstrikes last night with patients & staff inside the facility.
Yemen’s state news agency, Saba, run by the Iran-allied Houthi group that is the coalition’s enemy, quoted the hospital director and said several people were injured in the attack.
“The air raids resulted in the destruction of the entire hospital with all that was inside – devices and medical supplies – and the moderate wounding of several people,” Dr Ali Mughli said.
Saba said other airstrikes hit a nearby girls’ school and damaged several homes. It was not immediately possible to confirm that report, and a coalition spokesman was not available for comment.
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries intervened in the civil war in Yemen in March, but seven months of air attacks to restore the Saudi-based Yemeni government to power have yet to loosen the Houthis’ grip over the capital, Sana’a.Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries intervened in the civil war in Yemen in March, but seven months of air attacks to restore the Saudi-based Yemeni government to power have yet to loosen the Houthis’ grip over the capital, Sana’a.
View from the roof of .@MSF hospital in #Saada, #Yemen that was hit by multiple airstrikes last night. pic.twitter.com/a7Hpf14VJMView from the roof of .@MSF hospital in #Saada, #Yemen that was hit by multiple airstrikes last night. pic.twitter.com/a7Hpf14VJM
Human rights groups have expressed concern at the mounting deaths caused by the aerial bombing and ground fighting. More than 5,600 people have died in the conflict and shuttle diplomacy by a UN envoy has yet to achieve a political solution or slow the pace of combat.
It is the second time this month that an MSF facility has been hit in a war zone. Its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was bombed by US forces on 3 October, killing about 30 people.It is the second time this month that an MSF facility has been hit in a war zone. Its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was bombed by US forces on 3 October, killing about 30 people.
Human rights groups have expressed concern at the mounting deaths caused by the aerial bombing and ground fighting.
Amnesty International has recommended an arms embargo on coalition states, citing repeated bombing of Yemeni civilians.
In a separate bombing on Monday, residents reported that a coalition air strike killed Haradh hospital director Yasser Wathab and two people he was travelling with in a car in the north-west province of Hajja. They said the group were en route to treat patients killed by an earlier air strike.
The Saudi civil defence ministry said on its Twitter account that several shells fired from Houthi-held north Yemen over the border into the Saudi city of Najran killed two foreign residents and wounding a Saudi citizen.
More than 5,600 people have died in the conflict and shuttle diplomacy by a UN envoy has yet to achieve a political solution or slow the pace of combat.