Humanity Eye Center condemns US massacre in Hodeida

SANAA, April 18 (YPA) – The Eye of Humanity Center for Rights and Development strongly condemned the direct and deliberate US airstrikes on Ras Issa oil port in the Al-Salif district of Hodeida on Thursday night.

In a statement on Friday, the Center said, “This blatant aggression resulted in the martyrdom and injury of dozens, all of them innocent civilian workers and employees carrying out their daily duties at this vital facility. It also caused severe damage to the port.”

The statement described the attack as “a dangerous escalation that adds to a long record of systematic violations aimed at suffocating the Yemeni people and deepening their suffering, in a desperate attempt to break their resilience and their legitimate defense of their land and rights.”

The rights group asserted that targeting a civilian facility in such a brutal manner constitutes a full-fledged war crime and a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law—particularly the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure unrelated to military operations.

The Center renewed its call on the international community—especially the United Nations and human rights organizations—to urgently condemn this aggression, launch an independent investigation into its circumstances, hold those responsible accountable, and ensure they do not escape justice.

It also urged “the free voices of the world to stand by the patient Yemeni people, who continue to pay the price for their principled humanitarian and moral stance against the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation entity against innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip.”

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