Sanaa funeral airstrike: Difference between revisions

The [[United Nations]] alleged that the Saudi-led coalition had violated international humanitarian law<ref name="reuters.com">{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Michelle |date=2016-10-20 |title=Saudi coalition violated law with Yemen funeral strike: U.N. monitors |language=en |editor-last=Brown |editor-first=Tom |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi-un-idUSKCN12K2F1 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |archive-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630003621/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi-un-idUSKCN12K2F1? |url-status=live |access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> because the bombing was a 'double tap' attack, or a type of airstrike where the first bombing is followed by a second one soon after, with the aim of targeting the wounded, aid workers, and medical personnel tending to them. The UN report said: "The second air strike, which occurred three to eight minutes after the first air strike, almost certainly resulted in more casualties to the already wounded and the first responders." Saudi Foreign Minister [[Adel al-Jubeir]] said that his government was being careful to abide by humanitarian law; however, it stated that its strike on the funeral hall was based on "incorrect information" given to them by the Yemeni government and that it had been carried out without authorization.<ref name="reuters.com"/><ref name="Editorial 2016">{{cite web |date=2016-10-15 |title=Saudi coalition attacked Yemen funeral based on wrong information: inv |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/saudi-coalition-attack-on-yemen-funeral-based-on-bad-information-investigator-idUSKBN12F090 |access-date=2018-02-06 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |archive-date=7 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005611/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/saudi-coalition-attack-on-yemen-funeral-based-on-bad-information-investigator-idUSKBN12F090 |url-status=live }}</ref>

 

 

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