29-03-2024 02:26 PM Jerusalem Timing

Yemen: Dozens Martyred, Injured in Saudi Strike on Plant in Hajjah

Yemen: Dozens Martyred, Injured in Saudi Strike on Plant in Hajjah

At least 30 Yemeni people were martyred and many others have been injured in a Saudi-led airstrike on a factory in northern Yemen on Sunday.

At least 30 Yemeni people were martyred and many others have been injured in a Saudi-led airstrike on a factory in northern Yemen on Sunday.

Saudi-led strike on a factory in Yemen's Hajjah The victims are mostly workers at a mineral water plant in the district of Abs in the province, local media outlets reported on Sunday.

Most of the bodies transferred to the main public hospital in Hajjah were charred, according to medics.

Reports also said that Saudi warplanes bombarded the district at least 15 times and many people sustained injuries in the deadly attacks.

Saudi Arabia also conducted 12 airstrikes on the district of Baqim in the province of Saada.

A similar air strike last month killed 65 civilians at residences of employees of a power plant in Mokha, according to Human Rights Watch.

Another attack on a dairy plant in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida in April left 35 civilians dead.

Yemen has been since March 26 under brutal aggression by Saudi-led coalition. Thousands have been martyred and injured in the attack, with the vast majority of them are civilians.

Riyadh launched the attack on Yemen in a bid to restore power to fugitive president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi who is a close ally to Saudi Arabia.