Yemen: On December 16, 2018, the US-Saudi aggression continued its war crimes and genocidal acts, with brutal airstrikes and artillery shelling by its mercenaries targeting homes and civilian properties in Hodeidah and a water transport truck in Al-Baidha. These attacks resulted in the martyrdom of two children, the injury of their father and another civilian, in crimes that deeply shame humanity.

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2018: Two Children Martyred, Their Father Injured in Al-Baidha

On December 16, 2018, the US-Saudi aggression added another war crime to its list of atrocities against the Yemeni people. Airstrikes targeted a civilian water transport truck in the Hurriyah area of Al-Wahabiyah in the As-Sawadiyah district of Al-Baidha governorate. The attack resulted in the martyrdom of two children and the injury of their father. The truck turned into a charred heap of scattered iron, a horrific scene that defies humanity.

The truck’s driver was returning home with his two young children when the warplane, in its search for civilian targets, locked onto the truck. The pilot deliberately pressed the button, releasing the explosive payload directly, targeting childhood, fatherhood, innocent civilians, and the right to life simultaneously with two brutal strikes.

The strikes hit the truck directly, ripping the children away from their father and leaving behind devastation. In Yemen, every road has become a path to death by American bombs and missiles.

Targeting civilians and civilian structures is not just a war crime but a full-scale act of genocide, deliberate and premeditated. This necessitates international and UN action to hold war criminals accountable, achieve justice for the victims' families, and restore the violated international laws and humanitarian conventions that have been trampled in Yemen since the start of the aggression.

2018: Civilian Injured, Homes Damaged in Aggression Mercenaries’ Shelling of Hodeidah

On the same day, the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression’s mercenaries committed another war crime, targeting homes and civilian properties in the Bani Mansour area of Al-Durayhimi district in Hodeidah. The attack wounded a civilian, caused extensive damage to homes, and displaced dozens of families, instilling fear and panic in children and women.

The relentless shelling turned life in Bani Mansour into unbearable suffering. In mere moments, safe homes turned into rubble, and the sounds of explosions filled the air. Families fled their homes in search of shelter, away from the horrors of war.

This brutal crime highlights the continued violations by aggression mercenaries against innocent civilians in Yemen and exposes the immense suffering inflicted on the Yemeni people by this senseless war.