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The Bombing of Mokha took place on Friday night, 24 July 2015 at Mokha city of Yemen. According to Human Rights Watch,Saudi-led coalition forces committed another war-crime in the Yemeni port city of Mokha.〔("Yemen: Coalition Strikes on Residence Apparent War Crime" ),''Human Rights Watch'',27 July 2015〕 The airstrikes targeted two residential complexes belonging to engineers and technicians of al-Mukha power plant of Taiz province.〔Ahmed Al-Haj and Merrit Kennedy ("Saudi-led airstrikes kill 120; deadliest in Yemen conflict" ), ''Yahoo News'', 25 July 2015〕〔("120 killed as Saudi Regime commits fresh atrocities in Taiz Yemen" ), ''Whatsupic'', 29 July 2015〕 It started between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m targeting both the workers and their family members.".〔 This deadly airstrikes led to the killing of at least 120-civilians.〔Dough Bolton ("Yemen ceasefire called by Saudi coalition just days after an airstrike killed 120 in Mokha " ), ''The Independent'', 26 July 2015〕〔Karthick Arvinth ("Yemen: Saudi-led coalition declares ceasefire after air strikes in Taiz kill 120 " ), ''International Business Times'',26 July 2015〕 U.S. news estimated it to be more than 120-people.〔Ahmed Al-Haj ("Yemeni officials, witnesses: Saudi-led coalition airstrikes kill more than 120 in port city " ), ''U.S. News'', 24 July 2015〕 In another report by the United nation at least 73 civilians were killed in Mokha massacre with many bodies under the rubble for which the exact number is not known.〔("Durable ceasefire needed as ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ leaves millions suffering in Yemen – UN relief chief " ), ''UN News Centre'', 28 July 2015〕 At least 150 individuals were also injured in the attack.〔Mohammed Ghobari ("Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemen's Taiz killing 80 " ), ''Reuters'',25 July 2015〕〔("le massacre de Mocha et le silence assourdissant de la communaute internationale" ),''AWDNews'', 01 August 2015〕 Most of the corpses were children,women and elderly people.".〔〔("Saudi-led warplanes strike in Yemen" ),''Taipei Times'', 26 July 2015〕 What really caused this huge number of victims is that the workers had families visiting for Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of holy month of Ramadan."〔 According to Euronews,the coalition attacked with no evidence of military target appear to be a war crime.〔Sam Wilkin ("Saudi-led raid on Yemen plant appears unlawful-Rights Watch" ),''Euronews'', 28 July 2015〕 After the attack,the citizens and ambulances gathered to rescue the injured and removed some bodies in the rubble but in a move by Saudi warplane aimed at raising the number of victims attempted to bomb the point again.〔(massacre of Mocha and the silence of international media " ),''Nilenet Online'', 28 July 2015〕 The missile used in this coalition contained a colorful green exotic bombs that injured the victims on the eyes and other part of the body. ".〔 According to the workers and residents of the compound one or more aircraft dropped nine bombs in separate sorties in intervals of few minutes targeting the residential compound and not other objective. "〔 This attack was one of several airstrikes that appear to have been unlawful which have not been investigated by international communities. ".〔 In reaction to this attack,a right group based in New York has issued a special report saying the regime in Riyadh has committed "an apparent war crime" by carrying out a fatal aerial attack on a residential area.〔("Over 65 Yemenis killed in Saudi-led coalition air raids " ),''LHV news'', 29 July 2015〕 == Background == On Thursday,26th of March 2015, Saudi Arabia led a coalition of nine Arab states in carrying out airstrikes in Yemen. The intervention as claimed began in response to request for assistance from the then President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. He immediately left the country for Saudi Arabia as the military intervention of the coalition started. On arrival at Riyadh Airbase on Thursday night,he was welcomed by Saudi Defense Minister Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud and General Intelligence Chief Khalid bin Ali al-Humaidan. The airstrikes started on the night of Thursday when Saudi warplanes pounded Sana'a. The strike targeted the al-Samaa military base,an army units believed to belong to the loyalists of former Republican Guard Commander Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bombing of Mokha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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