Dozens of injured civilians sought medical help at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Yemen after an airstrike in Haja province by the Saudi-led coalition, the medical group said on Tuesday.
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Witnesses said at least two missiles hit a busy market in the Mustaba district of Hajjah province at midday.
The Houthis’ TV network al-Masirah showed graphic footage of dead children and charred bodies next to sacks of flour and twisted metal.
Saudi Arabia began a military intervention in Yemen’s civil war one year ago, seeking to push back Iran-backed Houthi rebel forces who overran much of the country, forcing the Saudi-supported President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi into exile.
Relatives gathered the bodies and transported the wounded to Abs hospital and Mustaba District Hospital in Haja city.
In its attacks on Yemen, the coalition has also been using cluster bombs, which are banned from use in populated areas, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported citing the results of its own investigation.
In February, a coalition air strike on a market northeast of rebel-held capital Sanaa killed at least 30 rebels and civilians, according to witnesses.
In January, a United Nations panel found that the coalition had targeted civilians with air strikes, said some of the attacks could be crimes against humanity, and recommended the Security Council consider establishing an inquiry into violations.
It targeted three rebel vehicles as they entered the market.
Hajja is northwest of the capital, Sanaa, which fell to the Houthis in September 2014.
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Last week, the coalition launched air strikes against jihadists in Aden, for the first time since it started its campaigns previous year against the rebels.
