The strikes come less than 48 hours after MSF accused the coalition of killing 10 children in air strikes on a Quranic school in Saada province, the Houthi stronghold in Yemen’s north.
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Hisham al-Omeisy, a political analyst, said the airstrike on Saturday took place at around 9.15am in the village of Juma’at Bin Fadel in the Sa’ada governorate in northwest Yemen.
Armed rebels were inside parliament for Saturday’s session, which was held as Saudi-led coalition warplanes pounded military targets around the capital, parliamentary sources said.
President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his internationally recognised government has denounced the parliamentary session as a “violation” of the constitution and a “crime punishable by law”, in remarks carried by the official sabanew.net website.
Human Rights Watch has condemned the Saudi-led coalition’s campaign in Yemen after evidence emerged of the coalition indiscriminately targeting civilian economic infrastructure.
The UN says that more than 6,400 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Yemen since the coalition air campaign began in March a year ago.
Saudi-led coalition air strikes Monday on a hospital in a rebel-held town in northern Yemen killed at least six people and wounded 20 others, a rebel health official said.
Mohammed Abdel-Salam, a Houthi spokesman, blamed the Arab coalition of bombarding the school.
The conflict in Yemen pits an internationally-recognized government backed by a Saudi-led coalition against the Shiite rebels, who captured the capital, Sanaa, in September 2014.
After peace talks collapsed last week, the Houthis and the GPC went on to set up a governing council to rule parts of the country they control.
Around 100 members of the Saudi forces and civilians have been killed inside the kingdom’s borders since the coalition campaign began.
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The United Nations had also voiced concern over the increased fighting in Yemen during the past week, warning of its humanitarian consequences with more than 80% of the population needing aid.
