At least eight people have been killed and dozens more injured when Saudi-led forces launched an attack on a popular market in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’izz.
The official Yemeni Saba news agency, citing local sources, reported that Saudi-led forces struck al-Makh'af market in the al-Misrakh district of the province on Monday afternoon, causing many casualties.
Health authorities confirmed that the death toll is likely to rise due to the critical condition of some of the injured.
The attack comes only two days after a Saudi enemy airstrike on a grocery store in the crowded al-Wazi'iyah market in Ta’izz province left six people, including children, injured.
The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights vehemently said the targeting of a popular market constitutes a direct attack on a civilian site protected under international humanitarian law, citing Article 52 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions and Article 8 of the Rome Statute.
The ministry described Saudi attacks against markets and commercial shops as part of a policy of starvation and collective punishment aimed at disrupting the economic lifeline of Yemenis and depriving people of their livelihood.
It held the Riyadh regime fully responsible for the deadly strike on al-Wazi'iyah market, calling on the United Nations and international organizations to condemn attacks on civilians in markets.
The latest escalation in Yemen began after Saudi Arabia bombed Sana'a's international airport in July. The Yemeni Armed Forces responded by attacking Saudi airports, oil facilities and tankers in the Red Sea, and also enforcing a “blockade for blockade” policy.
In March 2015, Saudi Arabia launched a devastating bombing campaign against Yemen to restore a Riyadh-friendly government in Sana'a and imposed a blockade on the country, triggering one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Hundreds of thousands of people have died, but Saudi Arabia has failed to achieve its stated objectives.
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