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Yemeni officials say Saudi-led airstrikes kill 28 in Hodeida

Yemeni officials say Saudi-led airstrikes kill 28 in Hodeida

The airstrikes took place close to the city’s main public hospital, al-Thawra, and near a popular fish market, the officials said. The wounded, mostly civilians, were hospitalized. The medical officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.

 

Rebel-run Al Masirah TV reported that airstrikes killed 52 people and left more than 100 wounded.

 

The coalition’s spokesman, Col. Turki al-Malki, told the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya satellite news channel that it didn’t carry out any attacks on Hodeida and blamed the attacks on the rebels, known as Houthis. He said the coalition “follows a strict and transparent approach based on the rules international law.”

The three-year stalemated war has killed over 10,000 people, badly damaged Yemen’s infrastructure and crippled its health system. The country is now in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with more than 22.2 million people in need of assistance.