Hodeida:The National Human Rights Commission has strongly condemned two massacres perpetrated by Saudi forces in the Hodeida governorate. The Commission described these incidents as dual war crimes, reflecting a deep-seated animosity towards the Tihama region and its inhabitants.
According to Yemen News Agency, the Commission detailed that the first incident involved a direct attack on a private farm in the village of Al-Manqam, located in the Ad-Durayhimi District. The second massacre targeted the residence of Abdulwahid Al-Wasabi in the At-Tuhayta District. Preliminary reports indicate that these attacks resulted in three fatalities, including two women, while four children remain trapped under the debris.
The statement from the Commission emphasized that these assaults are not accidental military errors but rather part of a deliberate strategy of starvation and extermination. This, it argues, is a direct violation of Article 54 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which prohibits using starvation as a method of warfare.
Further, the Commission accused the Saudi forces of attacking essential means of survival and shelter for civilians in the region. It labeled these actions as a "quadrilogy of Saudi terror," impacting not only military targets but also civilian infrastructure vital for survival in Tihama.
The statement also attributed responsibility for these acts to the United Nations, stressing that Hodeida is under the protection of the UN-sponsored Stockholm Agreement, which the airstrikes blatantly violate. It called for international intervention and condemnation of the targeting of civilian homes and agricultural assets. The UN, as the Stockholm Agreement's sponsor, was held accountable for the lives lost and those still endangered by these attacks.
