UN Yemen envoy calls for investigation after strikes kill civilians
The United Nations said 11 civilians were killed in airstrikes Wednesday in al-Jawf province in northern Yemen.
The United Nations envoy for Yemen called for a full investigation into airstrikes that killed at least 11 civilians in northern Yemen this week.
“We deplore yesterday's air strikes in #AlJawf,” UN envoy Martin Griffiths tweeted. “A thorough [and] transparent investigation is required.”
The UN's humanitarian affairs office said 11 civilians were killed in airstrikes Wednesday in the al-Hazm district of al-Jawf province. The Houthi health ministry put the death toll at 24.
The air raids, which the Houthi rebels blamed on the Saudi-led military coalition, were the third such strikes since June. Days earlier, an airstrike in the northwestern province of Hajjah left seven children and two women dead, the humanitarian affairs office said.
