#OnThisDay  The Saudi-led, US-BRITISH-BACKED coalition bombed seven governorates

The known number of total casualties exceed 15 deaths and 33 injuries. The greater majority were children and women, one being pregnant.

Remnants of  US make bombs recovered at the site of the impact in Taiz.

On 3 July 2015, three people from civilian Ali al Naskeri’s family died, including two women and 6 people injured in the capital Sanaa.

In Hudaydah, three people died, and 35 were injured.

One woman was killed in Sadah.

In Dhamar, two children were injured (2015).

Yaman Yoon report

Picture Courtesy of Yaman Yoon
Aftermath of the airstrikes on the capital Sana’a, 3 July 3015

Nobat ‘Amer village, Mokha district, Taizz, July 3, 2017
Casualties: At least 8 civilians killed, including 5 children and a pregnant woman.
At about 10 a.m. on July 3, the ninth day of the Eid holiday, coalition aircraft struck a home in Mokha district, Taizz, killing eight of Mohammed Hulbi’s relatives, including five children under age 10.

That morning, Hulbi, 45, a farmer, walked to a well about 100 meters from his house. His uncle was sleeping next to the well when he heard planes overhead, followed by the powerful explosion from the attack: “My uncle fell from the chair where he was sleeping. I ran to the house, but nothing was left, everything was destroyed. My uncle and I carried the remains of our family [out of the house].”

The attack killed Hulbi’s wife, Saeeda, 35, and his daughter, Amani, 8. His uncle’s two wives and four children, two girls and two boys, all under 10, were also killed. One of his uncle’s wives was eight months pregnant. After the attack, a few men affiliated with Houthi-Saleh forces drove to the house on motorbikes, ordering people not to approach the house because coalition aircraft might attack again.

A witness photographed remnants of the weapon used in the attack. Human Rights Watch identified the remnants as being from a large air-dropped bomb that was equipped with a Paveway-series guidance kit.

Hulbi said he and his uncle “didn’t leave [the area] yet, because we don’t have a place to go, but we live alone now, just me and him.” The coalition has not announced if it will investigate the attack.

HRW report

On July 3, the ninth day of the Eid holiday, coalition aircraft struck a home in Nobat ‘Amer village, Taizz, killing eight civilians, including five children under age 10. Mohammed Hulbi, who was about 100 meters from his house during the attack, said he ran home, but “nothing was left, everything was destroyed.”  © 2017 Private
Remnants of the weapons used in a coalition attack on Nobat ‘Amer village on July 3, 2017 that killed eight of Mohammed Hulbi’s relatives, including five children under age 10. Human Rights Watch identified the remnants as being from a large air-dropped bomb that was equipped with a Paveway-series guidance kit. © 2017 Private

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