Houthi media reported that five civilians, including a child, were killed in a missile strike from the battleships of the Saudi-Emirati coalition on the two districts of Abas in Hajjah Governorate, and Razeh in Saada Governorate.

There was no immediate comment from the Saudi-Emirati coalition about what the Houthis mentioned, but he usually expresses his eagerness to avoid bombing civilians and civilian neighborhoods, acknowledging that mistakes are sometimes made.

Since 2015, the coalition, led by the Saudi neighbor, has been supporting forces loyal to the Yemeni government against Houthi militants who have controlled provinces including the capital, Sanaa, since 2014.

Late Wednesday, the coalition renewed their commitment to the ceasefire in Yemen, and support the efforts of the United Nations envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to bring peace.

The Houthis and the coalition usually accuse each other of escalation and a lack of desire to achieve peace.

Truce and denial
The Arab coalition announced, on April 24 last year, the extension of a comprehensive unilateral ceasefire for a month, at the request of the United Nations, after an initial two-week truce that began on the eighth of the same month.

On the other hand, the Houthi group says that there is no truce in Yemen until Saudi Arabia extends it, and accuses the coalition of continuing to escalate.

The ongoing war has left one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, and 80% of the Yemeni population needs humanitarian aid, in a country that suffers from a near total collapse in all its sectors, especially the health sector, in light of the spread of the Corona virus emerging (Covid-19).