Houthi Gen. Saree denounces 110 airstrikes in 24 hours as rescue teams search rubble.

On Sunday, the Yemeni government led by the Ansar Allah party (Houthi) denounced that Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes turn a family lunch into a massacre in Saada, leaving 10 killed and 23 wounded, most of them women and children.

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“Thirty-three people, most of them women and children, had gathered for a family occasion. As they were preparing to eat, Saudi warplanes launched airstrikes at midday, reducing their home to rubble and turning the joy of their reunion into a bloody tragedy. Amid the ruins, cries for help mingled with the groans of the wounded and the shock of local residents,” Ansar Allah media official Nasr al-Din Amer said.

“Ambulances from the Republican Hospital and vehicles mobilized by residents rushed to the scene, while rescue workers and locals struggled to find survivors and pull victims from beneath the debris. The complete destruction of the house made the rescue operation extremely difficult, delaying efforts to reach those trapped underneath.”

“Children’s small bodies bore the devastating impact of shrapnel and injuries, as the entire family was left confronting an act of horrifying brutality. There was nothing in the Al-Qahm family home but relatives gathering to share a meal, before Saudi airstrikes tore them apart, leaving some dead and others wounded,” al-Din Amer stressed.

“Another crime committed by Saudi forces using American bombs. The world merely watches the suffering of Yemenis, yet raises its voice in outrage when they seek to avenge their loved ones and retaliate against those responsible for twelve years of such crimes,” he added.

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A bomb also destroyed a drinking water depot in the Al Dhalea district. Heavy artillery stationed at the border attacked various sectors of the town of Shada, while health authorities deployed emergency assistance teams to care for the affected population.

General Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, confirmed that enemy forces carried out 110 airstrikes and missile launches in the last 24 hours. He detailed that fighter jets took off from Saudi military bases to bomb civilian targets in Sana, Taiz, Hodeidah, Amran, Hajjah, Al Jawf, and Marib.

The military spokesperson stressed that the cumulative total of strikes carried out since the start of the current escalation amounts to 2,652 bombings on the territory.

These actions are part of an offensive deployment that hits basic infrastructure, family homes and essential service facilities in various provinces of the country.

Faced with the persistence of the aggressions, the Yemeni armed forces ratified that they will continue carrying out military response operations against strategic positions of the neighboring country.

In this regard, the command issued a formal warning addressed to aircrews and international companies about the dangers of transiting Saudi airspace.

The Houthi authorities called on the international community to condemn the systematic destruction of civilian goods indispensable for urban survival. Currently, the situation in the affected governorates remains under high tension while rescue teams remove rubble in search of survivors.

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Source: Al Mayadeen

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