The United Nations condemned the undetermined attack in Yemen's Al-Hudaydah governorate that resulted in the deaths of five civilians.
Reuters reported that the UN mission supporting the Al-Hudaydah Agreement did not identify the source of the attack that hit a house in a residential area in the Al-Houk district late Saturday night. The mission confirmed in a statement that the area has witnessed intense exchanges of gunfire in recent months between the Saudi-led military coalition, which supports the internationally recognized government, and the Houthi "Ansar Allah" group. The coalition forces stated that "the Houthis hit the home with mortar shells." Meanwhile, the Houthi group accused the Arab coalition on Sunday of conducting an airstrike that resulted in deaths and injuries in Al-Hudaydah, part of the Sweden Agreement between the legitimate Yemeni government and the group, in western Yemen. The Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV reported that an attack by the coalition’s drones targeted a civilian’s home in the Al-Rubsa neighborhood of the Al-Houk district (south of the city of Al-Hudaydah). It added that "the strike resulted in five deaths, including a girl, and several injured." No comment has been issued by the Arab coalition forces or the joint Yemeni government forces stationed in Al-Hudaydah regarding the bombing. The legitimate government and the Houthi group reached an agreement on Al-Hudaydah during peace negotiations in Sweden in late December 2018, which included the joint redeployment of forces from the city of Al-Hudaydah and its ports to agreed-upon locations outside the city and ports. However, the agreement has not been implemented due to disputes between the parties over its details, amid mutual accusations of violations of the UN-declared ceasefire in the coastal governorate on the Red Sea, along with renewed clashes from time to time.
