Tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Sana'a in a protest rally on Saturday Aug 4,2018 , 2 days after the Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Hodeidah province.
Thursday’s air strikes, which hit a fish popular market and a gate of al-Thawrah hospital in the province that killed 55 civilians and wounded over 130 others.
The participants held banners and flags of Yemen, showing anger and popular discontent towards the coalition’s war crimes.
The crowds condemned the silence of the international community and UN organizations towards the coalition’s violations in Yemen.
With logistical support from the US, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been carrying out attacks inside Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to reinstate the internationally recognised government of President Abu Rabbu Mansoor Hadi.
At least 10,000 people have been killed in the fighting and more than 100,000 children have died from extreme hunger and starvation.
For the last few weeks, the UN had been trying to broker a deal in a bid to avert an assault on the city, which it fears would further hinder Yemenis' access to food, fuel and medicine - worsening the world's most urgent Humanitarian crisis.
Hodeidah has been under the control of the Houthis since 2014, and was responsible for delivering 70 percent of Yemen's imports - mostly humanitarian aid, food and fuel - pre-2015.
