Taiz Human Rights Office condemns Saudi crimes against civilians
In a statement, the branch said Saudi enemy warplanes committed a war crime by targeting Al-Jeel Al-Jadeed School in the Al-Armah area of Al-Hazah district, Saber Al-Mawadem, in an apparent attempt to disrupt education.
The statement added that four airstrikes on Al-Nashmah area in Al-Ma’afer district killed one civilian and seriously injured four others, including a woman and three children, according to preliminary figures.
Saudi artillery shelling targeting forces in Wadi Hanash, Hudhran area, At-Taiziyah district, killed two women and injured four other civilians, it said.
The branch said the attacks on civilian areas, educational facilities, residential communities, women and children flagrantly violate international humanitarian law, the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
It held the Saudi regime fully legally and criminally responsible for the killings and their consequences, criticizing the silence , complicity of the United Nations, Security Council and UN Human Rights Office.
The statement urged international humanitarian , human rights organizations to condemn and document the violations to help ensure those responsible are brought to justice for war crimes.