A/HRC/33/38 amongst others - covering the entire UN Flash Appeal for Yemen 2015, USD 525.000 of which have been pledged to OHCHR. B. Addendum to VI/Allegations of violations and abuses/Military Operations/ 1) Attacks affecting civilians and civilian objects by the Popular Committees affiliated with the Houthis and Army Units loyal to former president Saleh Attacks on residential areas In a similar incident, at approximately 7 AM on 20 August 2015, 12 civilians including eleven children were killed, and nine others injured, when Popular Committees affiliated with the Houthis attacked an area al-Mughtaribeen Street near Al-Saeed Mosque, Qahirah District, Taizz. According to eyewitness accounts, the neighborhood was struck by a missile that was reportedly launched from the area of Hawban, which was under the control of Popular Committees at the time of the attack. The missile struck several residential buildings causing the reported casualties and substantial infrastructural damage. The OHCHR, found no evidence of any potential military target in the area when the attack was carried out. On 13 August 2015, members of the Popular Committees positioned at the Fourth Point in Taizz reportedly attacked the Wadi al-Madam residential area in al-Qahira District, Taizz, with heavy mortar shelling. According to eyewitness accounts, six civilians including a child and a woman were killed and another 56 including 14 children and five women were injured. OHCHR monitors found no evidence of potential military targets in the area at the time of the attack and did not come across any information indicating that warnings or other precautionary measures to protect civilians had been taken. On 19 September 2015, five civilians were killed, including two women and a child, when the Taizz Recreational Centre, located in the Masbah neighbourhood of Taizz, was hit by rocket mortars. Eyewitnesses told OHCHR that the shelling was launched from the areas of Siteen Street and the Air Defence Base, both of which were under the control by Popular Committees affiliated with the Houthis and Army Units loyal to former President Saleh at the time of the attack.33 C. Addendum to VI/Allegations of violations and abuses/Military Operations/ 2) Airstrikes by the coalition forces affecting civilians and civilian objects : Attacks on markets OHCHR documented an aerial attack which hit the Joub Market in Amran’s Jabal Eyal Yazid district on 6 July 2015. According to eyewitnesses and medical sources interviewed by OHCHR, 36 civilians, including eight women and nine children, were killed and 21 others injured as a result of the airstrike. Also on 6 July, OHCHR documented another Coalition airstrike which reportedly struck a cattle market Lahj’s Tuban district, killing 40 civilians, including 18 children and seven women, and injuring 17 others. The Office also documented an incident in which, on 19 September 2015, a Coalition airstrike hit the Qat Market in Saada’s Magnie District, killing 25 civilians and injuring another 16. None of the witnesses interviewed in relation to all three of these attacks reported having been 33 24 OHCHR bi-monthly report: 11-24 September 2015.

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