On Friday, the UK-based rights group released a report titled, 'Our kids are bombed,' wherein it expressed outrage at the Saudi airstrikes against schools in the provinces of Sana’a, Hajjah, and Hudaydah in western Yemen between August and October.
In some of the attacks, which killed five civilians and injured at least 14 people, including four children, 'the schools were struck more than once, suggesting the strikes were deliberately targeted,' the rights group said.
'No evidence could be found in any of the five cases to suggest the schools had been used for military purposes,' it added, saying that the resultant damage had disrupted the education of more than 6,500 children in those provinces, Press TV reported.
The Saudi strikes were launched with the aim of undermining Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and bringing the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a Riyadh ally, back to power.
More than 7,500 people have been killed and over 14,000 others injured since the strikes began. The Saudi war has also taken a heavy toll on the Arabian Peninsula country’s facilities and infrastructure.
