Somali refugee killed in Houthi shelling on camp in Lahj
The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights announced on Friday evening the death of a Somali refugee in a Houthi shelling that targeted the Kharaz refugee camp in Lahj governorate, southwestern Yemen.
In a statement, the ministry said it condemns "in the strongest terms the continued missile attacks and shelling by the terrorist Houthi militias on residential areas and civilian gatherings in the governorates of Aden, Lahj, and Taiz, in a grave violation of the rules of international humanitarian law and the principles of protecting civilians and civilian objects".
The ministry accused the Houthi group of shelling the Kharaz refugee camp in Lahj governorate, which resulted in the death of a Somali refugee.
It considered the incident a matter of grave concern for the safety and protection of refugees, coinciding with repeated shelling that targeted citizens' homes and farms in the Al-Misrakh and Sabir Al-Mawadim districts of Taiz governorate.
It also considered that "these attacks are an extension of the series of attacks that have targeted Aden International Airport, health facilities, popular markets, and residential neighborhoods in recent weeks, amid the continued siege imposed on the city of Taiz, the widening waves of displacement, and the exacerbation of the population's humanitarian suffering".
Source: Almahriah Net + open sources
