#OnThisDay (2019) US/UK-backed, Saudi-led coalition bombed a gas station in Taiz

12 were martyred, including seven children:
•  Akram Amin Abdullah Valid. 10 years 
• Ghazi Saleh Ahmad Al-Hamdi. 9 years 
• Hamza Mohammed Saeed Saleh. 8 years 
Yousef Adel Muthanna 12 years 
• Mohammed Abdo Al-Aqil. 14 years 

Mohammed Muqbel Al-Ariqi 14 years 
• Omar Mohammed Muqbel Al-Ariqi 13 years
• Mohammed Khaled Taha Al-Shawaifi 40 years 
• Mohammed Al-Nadi 35 years 

• In addition to the presence of 3 unidentified martyrs present in the field hospital refrigerator.
The fuel station itself has clearly been destroyed, leaving only the metal support for the awning. At least one vehicle, a truck, parked next to the station was also destroyed by the strike. A second vehicle may have also been destroyed under the awning, but the extent of the destruction is such that it is not possible to be confident on this point.

Bellingcat¿ report

A Houthi checkpoint was nearby (60m), but the Panel of Experts concluded that, given the number of children killed, it was unlikely that the IHL principles of proportionality and precaution were respected. (UN Panel of Experts report, January 2020).

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