From Under Rubble.. “Al-Shariya” is New Witness to Brutality of Saudi Enemy
In a new crime against civilians in their homes, the Saudi enemy’s airstrikes turned Al-Shariya village in Bani Hushaysh District of Sanaa Governorate into a scene of death and destruction, after its warplanes launched a series of direct airstrikes targeting inhabited residential homes, leaving behind tragic scenes of rubble, blood, and victims.
The tragedy did not stop at the first strike, as the aircraft renewed targeting the destroyed homes while residents, media crews, and ambulance teams were present at the site, trying to rescue the injured and recover those trapped under the rubble, in a systematic escalation and targeting that obstructs humanitarian work and doubled the number of civilian victims.
On Saturday morning, Al-Shariya village was nothing but a quiet model of simple rural life: neighboring houses, children playing, and families gathered under one roof, before the treacherous Saudi airstrikes turned it into a pile of rubble, blood, and body parts, after targeting six homes and completely destroying them over the heads of their residents.
The blood of women and children dominates the scene
In a heavy, heartbreaking, and non-final toll of the victims of this horrific massacre announced by the Ministry of Health and Environment, the number of martyrs and wounded reached about 72 civilians, most of them women and children. The Ministry of Health spokesman explained in a statement that the toll of martyrs reached 33, including eight women, 13 children, and 12 men, while the number of wounded reached 39, including ten women, 13 children, and 16 men.
Eyewitnesses from the district spoke of the enormity of the shock, affirming that the airstrikes targeted purely civilian objects with no military objectives anywhere near them.
A resounding condemnation and accountability that does not lapse by prescription
The massacre sparked a wave of wide condemnation and immense anger in official, popular, and political circles, which called on international organizations and the United Nations to break their shameful silence regarding the continuous targeting and intense airstrikes against unarmed civilians that have claimed the lives of innocent people in various governorates.
Statements issued by the local authority leadership and executive offices affirmed that targeting residential neighborhoods inhabited by civilians, children, and women reflects the Saudi enemy’s persistence in shedding Yemeni blood and its deliberate destruction of the components of life and infrastructure in villages and cities.
The local authority held the United Nations, the Security Council, and the countries of the coalition fully legally and morally responsible for the continuation of these crimes, criticizing the complete international silence that has encouraged the aggressors to persist in committing massacres against innocent people.
It affirmed that these crimes will only increase the people of Sanaa Governorate in solidity, steadfastness, and cohesion, declaring the continuation of support and backing for the Armed Forces to deter the aggression, and calling at the same time on all tribes to strengthen national alignment, unify ranks, and declare general mobilization to confront the criminal Saudi aggression.
The Saudi airstrike massacre in Bani Hushaysh District left a state of immense anger and a wide wave of condemnation and denunciation statements from various official institutions, political forces, and human rights and popular bodies.
The statements condemned the crime in the strongest terms, considering it a natural extension of the systematic targeting and continuous escalation against unarmed civilians.
They affirmed that targeting population gatherings and safe villages reflects clear confusion and abysmal failure before the Yemeni people’s steadfastness, demanding that international humanitarian organizations document this crime and all crimes committed against the Yemeni people in preparation for trying their perpetrators.
They noted that the continuation of bloody massacres against children and women in villages and cities will not break the Yemenis’ will, but will increase their adherence to the option of self-defense and defending the homeland, calling for strengthening national solidarity and exposing the Saudi enemy’s crimes in regional and international forums.
The statements held the United Nations and the UN Security Council morally and historically responsible for the continuation of their shameful silence, considering that this international disregard encouraged the Saudi enemy to persist in committing massacre after massacre against Yemeni civilians far from any international deterrent.
The steadfastness of the community front
The local community, with its solid popular cohesion, proved a high capacity for self-mobilization and spontaneous solidarity as a “human and humanitarian shield” to contain the repercussions of the catastrophe, despite the harsh conditions, the scarcity of public capabilities, and the brutality of the enemy.
This steadfastness was manifested through the urgent response of the people of the village and neighboring areas to recover the bodies of the martyrs and the injured from among the rubble of the destroyed homes, at a time when the criminal enemy’s aircraft were lying in wait to bomb them, which indeed happened and doubled the toll of martyrs and wounded among ambulance crews, media teams, and citizens.
The popular determination to live and resist despair by turning shock and tragedy into an energy of collective solidarity to alleviate the pain of the bereaved, and proving that authentic societal and tribal bonds represent the first safety net that protects society from psychological and material collapse under the weight of airstrikes and siege, is the impregnable dam before any schemes to undermine this great people who trust in God and rely on Him.
Despite the harsh conditions and the scarcity of public capabilities, the community front and popular solidarity in Sanaa Governorate remained the fastest shield to contain the shock and heal the wounds of the bereaved families in Bani Hushaysh.
Among the ruins of the demolished homes, the cries of bereaved children and the moans of the wounded continue to pursue the global human conscience that is absent from protecting innocent blood, so that the Al-Shariya village massacre remains a new witness to the cruelty of targeting civilians and the cost of the continuation of the criminal Saudi aggression against the Yemeni people for more than 12 years.