The Voice of Ummah: Saudi warplanes struck civilian fuel facilities in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday morning, martyring one Yemeni and wounding nine others. Citing Al-Masirah television, Yemen’s Health and Environment Ministry spokesman Anees al-Asbahi said the bombing of the al-Mufzar gas station in the Jader area of Bani al-Harith district martyred one civilian and wounded three, and that ambulance teams took the injured to a nearby hospital.
In a separate strike, Saudi jets hit a Yemen Oil and Gas Corporation building on Southern al-Sittin Street in the al-Wahda district, wounding six people and damaging nearby homes. Al-Masirah said several gas tanker trailers at al-Mufzar caught fire and civil defence teams were working to put the flames out. A local resident told Xinhua that the explosions shook neighbouring areas, partially damaged some houses and prompted families to leave as the fires continued to burn.
Saudi strike on a Sanaa gas station and civilian harm
According to Press TV, the raids targeted civilian and non-military installations linked to fuel supplies in the capital. Saudi officials had not issued an immediate comment on the strikes.
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103 air raids in 24 hours
Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said Saudi aircraft carried out 103 air raids in 24 hours on civilian areas in Marib, Saada, Al-Hudaydah, Taiz, Lahj and Al-Jawf. He said the attacks were flown by F-15 and Eurofighter Typhoon jets from the Khamis Mushait and Taif airbases and had caused civilian deaths and injuries. He said the total number of Saudi air and missile strikes since the start of the latest escalation had reached 4,563. The campaign intensified after Saudi warplanes bombed Sanaa International Airport in July, after which Yemeni forces struck Saudi airports, oil facilities and tankers in the Red Sea and enforced a “blockade for blockade” policy.
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