On Tuesday, the coalition launched an investigation after global condemnation of an air raid that Doctors Without Borders said killed 14 people at a hospital in Yemen.
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Abs Hospital, located in the country’s Hajjah governorate and supported by the global medical charity, was targeted by the warplanes at 3:45 p.m. local time, Doctors Without Borders said in a statement.
On Saturday, another Saudi-led airstrike raided a children school in Haidan district in Saada province, killing at least 10 students and injuring 28 others, according to a MSF statement.
The airstrike on Abs Hospital, in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate, occurred around 3:45 p.m. Monday, MSF said in a news release.
While the worldwide law and human rights norms call for protection of the civilian lives and infrastructures in all conflicts, the “terrorism-sponsoring and warmongering Saudi regime” has no compunction about butchering women, children, patients and defenseless civilians, he deplored.
The group added that it had repeatedly shared the location – including Global Positioning System coordinates – of its hospital with all parties to the ongoing conflict.
The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) has launched investigations into the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) claim that coalition airstrikes have hit a school and a hospital in Yemen causing casualties.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the two earlier attacks Tuesday and called for an investigation, which the coalition announced Tuesday.
In a statement MSF said it supported the hospital since July 2015.
At least 11 people were killed in the attack, including one MSF staff member, with 19 people seriously injured, MSF general manager Paul McPhun told ABC News 24.
The Saudi-led coalition acted in support of Yemen’s government against Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies who overran much of the country.
Amnesty International said the bombardment “appears to be the latest in a string of unlawful attacks targeting hospitals, highlighting an alarming pattern of disregard for civilian life”.
But residents and local health officials said at least six people had been killed and 13 others injured.
The latest bombing on the health facility brought the number of attacks on MSF hospitals in Yemen to four.
It earlier this month acknowledged “shortcomings” in two of eight cases it investigated of air strikes on civilian targets in Yemen.
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The coalition says the suspension of talks followed increased ceasefire violations by the rebels, who are allied to forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
