Ambassador's letter to Security Council: 130 houses totally destroyed, 750 partially in Hajoor
English - Thursday 14 March 2019 الساعة 05:59 pm
Aden – NewsYemen.net
The Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations Ambassador Abdullah al-Saadi stressed that the villages of Hajoor in Hajjah province are subjected to genocide as a result of the ongoing war being waged by the Houthi militias in the province.
"While the regional and international negotiators are focusing on the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement reached between the Government and the Houthi militias in late December in Sweden as a positive step towards peace in Yemen, al-Saadi said in a letter to the UN Security Council Chairman, that the Houthi militias has opened new front lines against Yemeni civilians in Hajoor area in Hajjah province and imposed a siege on the entire area.
He added that the villages of Hajoor are subjected to genocide and horrific violations of the ongoing war launched by the Houthi militias in these areas, where villages are subjected to ballistic missiles, artillery shelling and other types of weapons hysterically and indiscriminately, causing the destruction of many schools and civilian housing, Hundreds of civilians are killed and wounded, including women and children. "
"These heinous crimes come under a suffocating siege are imposed by the Houthi militias in Hajoor area, which has led to a total disruption of supplies of food, water, medicine and other basic necessities, and caused one of the largest internal displacement in Yemen.", he said in a letter.
In his message, al-Saadi included official statistics on casualties and destruction from December 2018 to February 2019, which are on the rise.
According to the letter, 52 civilians, including 2 children, 3 women and 4 elderly persons, were killed, while 182 others, including 7 women and 9 children, were injured.
It added that the Houthi bombing destroyed 130 houses, including 20 houses completely destroyed, 31 of them in the village of al-Numairah, in addition to the destruction of 750 houses partially.
The Permanent Representative's letter referred to the destruction of a mosque and a school that had been completely destroyed, as well as the closure of five markets by the Houthi bombardment, which caused 500 workers out of work, including merchants and retailers.
