1,676 martyrs, wounded since Yemeni people supported Gaza Strip
However, this support was not without a price. The Yemeni people made enormous sacrifices in support of Gaza. Israeli airstrikes targeted several governorates, resulting in dozens of civilian deaths and hundreds of wounded, including the Prime Minister of the Government of Change and Construction and a number of ministers and national leaders. The blood of Yemenis mingled with the blood of Palestinians in a scene that epitomizes a shared destiny and stance.
The airstrikes also caused widespread destruction to residential neighborhoods, ports, oil and service facilities, and hospitals, causing significant losses. Despite this, Yemenis continue to affirm their steadfast support for the Palestinian people, insisting that sacrifices, no matter how great, will not deter them from supporting justice and opposing aggression in all its forms.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Health and Environment stated that the number of civilian victims of the Israeli-American-British aggression who arrived at hospitals and health facilities since the beginning of the support for the Yemeni people in the Gaza Strip until this October has reached 1,676 martyrs and wounded.
The statement, a copy of which was received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), stated that the number of martyrs reached 319 citizens, including 38 children and 23 women, while the number of wounded reached 1,357 citizens, including 197 children and 96 women.
It indicated that the enemy directly targeted a number of health facilities and installations, destroying three health facilities completely and four others partially.
In a fully-fledged war crime, the US aggression targeted the Great Prophet Hospital for cancer patients in Sa’ada governorate in March 2025, completely destroying it.
The hospital, which was in its final stages of construction, represented a beacon of hope for thousands of patients exhausted by their suffering and the journey to the capital, Sana’a, for treatment. The project was intended to represent a qualitative leap in medical services in Sa’dah and neighboring governorates, and a humanitarian outlet for cancer patients suffering from harsh conditions. However, the US bombing shattered this hope, revealing the true face of America, which claims to protect human rights while committing the most heinous crimes against innocent people.
This targeting was part of a systematic plan against the Yemeni people that has been ongoing for years, through a siege and bombing that has affected both people and property, leading to a deterioration in the health situation and the spread of deadly diseases, most notably cancer, as a result of the use of internationally banned weapons since 2015.
America, which raises the slogan of “fighting terrorism,” continues to spread death and destruction with its lethal weapons, causing hundreds of cancer cases due to the radioactive and toxic materials left behind by the bombing of the governorates. Today, after depriving Yemenis of the most basic necessities of life, it seeks to close the last hope for cancer patients by targeting the hospital that was supposed to provide them with treatment and care.
According to international humanitarian law, bombing medical facilities constitutes a full-fledged war crime under Article (8) of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, which criminalizes the targeting of civilians and health facilities. This requires urgent international action and accountability for the perpetrators of this crime.
At the same time, the Yemeni people reaffirm their steadfast position alongside the Palestinian people in confronting the Zionist aggression, despite the war and siege they are suffering, amidst Arab and Islamic abandonment and the decline of humanitarian values in the face of the suffering of hundreds of children and women in Gaza.
The injustices of the Yemeni and Palestinian peoples are united by crimes and violations, but they share a common steadfastness and perseverance in the pursuit of justice. Despite the passage of more than seven decades since the Nakba in Palestine, the Palestinian cause remains the central issue of the nation and remains present in the conscience of the Yemeni people.