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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
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