Press conference reveals crimes of coalition in Jawf

JAWF, Jan. 03 (YPA) – Al-Hazm Hospital Authority and the Health and Human Rights Offices in Jawf province held on Tuesday a press conference in which they revealed the crimes committed by the Saudi-led coalition in the province during the past eight years.

During the conference, the governor of the Jawf province, Faisal bin Haider, confirmed that Jawf had the largest share of killing and destruction as a result of the coalition war on Yemen during the past eight years, indicating that the bombs and mines of the coalition forces are still claiming the lives of hundreds of citizens, including children and women.

For his part, Deputy Director of the Health Office in Jawf, Dr. Arafat Al-Badawi, explained that the coalition and its tools targeted homes, schools, markets, and weddings, which resulted in killing 387 citizens and wounding 155 others.

Al-Badawi stated that the most heinous crime committed by the coalition was in the year 2016, when a wedding was targeted in Al-Masaefa area in Khub Washa’f district, which claimed lives of 35 citizens, including women and infants.

The number of civilian casualties in Jawf during eight years amounted to 980, including 426 martyrs and 554 wounded, Al-Badawi explained, indicating that 1,320 homes were damaged as a result of the coalition raids, of which 500 were completely destroyed, in addition to 280 agricultural facilities, and 27 educational and health facilities, were damaged.

For his part, Director of Al-Hazm Hospital Authority indicated that the hospital received, during the year 2022, 347 injured citizens, including 40 who died, as a result of mines planted by the coalition forces in Jawf province.

YPA