The death toll from a Saudi bombing on a prison in the northern city of Sa’ada has increased to 91, according to Yemen’s health minister.
Taha al-Mutawakel, speaking to al-Masirah television on Tuesday, claimed that by the end of the rescue operations, 91 persons had been verified deceased and 236 had been hospitalised.
Yemeni officials have demanded that the airstrike, which occurred on Friday, be investigated by the international community. The midnight attack left awful scenes of bombed-out structures filled with bodies and overburdened hospitals.
The air raid was widely condemned, especially by the United Nations, which demanded a transparent investigation.
At least 150 people have died as a result of attacks by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen since the beginning of January, according to Yemeni officials.
Since March 2015, when Riyadh and a number of its regional allies launched the war to eradicate Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and reinstall a prior regime, the Saudi war has taken a terrible toll on Yemen’s infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories.
The war, which was supported by a tight siege, did not achieve its objectives, but it did kill hundreds of thousands of Yemenis. Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian disaster, according to the United Nations.
Yemen is under a strict embargo, putting millions of people on the verge of starvation.
Over the last seven years, about 400 000 people have perished as a result of war, either directly or indirectly as a result of disease and famine brought on by the battle.
