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Human Rights Network Accuses Houthis of Committing Dozens of Crimes in Marib Last Week

A Yemeni man sits next to his belongings in a camp in southern Marib after being displaced by Houthi attacks. (Reuters)
A Yemeni man sits next to his belongings in a camp in southern Marib after being displaced by Houthi attacks. (Reuters)
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Human Rights Network Accuses Houthis of Committing Dozens of Crimes in Marib Last Week

A Yemeni man sits next to his belongings in a camp in southern Marib after being displaced by Houthi attacks. (Reuters)
A Yemeni man sits next to his belongings in a camp in southern Marib after being displaced by Houthi attacks. (Reuters)

A human rights report by the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms revealed that the Iranian-backed Houthi militias have, in the last week, committed dozens of violations against residents and private property in the Al-Amoud area of Al-Joubah district in the Marib governorate.

Thousands of forcibly displaced Yemenis in southern Marib are facing tragic humanitarian conditions.

According to the report, the Houthis indiscriminately bombed populated areas with ballistic missiles, drones, mortars, howitzers, tank shells, and heavy and medium weapons, which caused the death of 20 civilians and the injury of 30 others, including women and children.

Houthi attacks have damaged and destroyed nine houses and more than ten civilian vehicles. More so, the militias destroyed a Salafi mosque in al-Joubah, where Houthis have laid siege to over 21,000 civilians.

The rights network said the intense Houthi attacks had uprooted more than 10,000 families.

Around 1,500 students from the Dar Al-Hadith Al-Salafi Center were displaced alongside their families after the militias targeted the center in the Al-Amoud area with two missiles.

The total shutdown of education facilities in Al-Joubah has deprived about 6,000 students from continuing their education.

Al-Joubah is suffering from a severe shortage in all basic needs, especially food and medicine, because of the stifling siege imposed by the Houthis.

The rights network called on all international and local organizations and the international community to exercise all means of pressure on the Houthis so that they can lift the suffocating siege on the people of the Abdiya district in Marib.

It also urged clearing the mines planted by the militias at the entrances of the district.

The network also called on the International Red Cross to condemn the siege in Abdiya and all the crimes committed by the militias against civilians. It encouraged running an urgent humanitarian relief convoy to the villages of Abdiya.

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UN Says It's Ready to Ramp Up Delivery of Desperately Needed Aid to Gaza

A Palestinian man rides a donkey-pulled cart along a street on a misty morning in Khan Yunis in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025, as Israel's security cabinet is expected to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
A Palestinian man rides a donkey-pulled cart along a street on a misty morning in Khan Yunis in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025, as Israel's security cabinet is expected to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
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UN Says It's Ready to Ramp Up Delivery of Desperately Needed Aid to Gaza

A Palestinian man rides a donkey-pulled cart along a street on a misty morning in Khan Yunis in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025, as Israel's security cabinet is expected to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
A Palestinian man rides a donkey-pulled cart along a street on a misty morning in Khan Yunis in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025, as Israel's security cabinet is expected to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

The United Nations said Wednesday that it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza following a ceasefire agreement and urged the removal of major security and political obstacles so supplies can reach all Palestinians in need.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the announcement of a deal to pause the fighting “a critical first step” and told reporters that the UN’s top priority must be to ease the tremendous suffering caused by the conflict triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in southern Israel, The Associated Press said.
“The humanitarian situation is at catastrophic levels,” he said. “From our side, we will do whatever is humanly possible, aware of the serious challenges and serious constraints that we will be facing.”
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said aid agencies have been mobilizing supplies in preparation for a ceasefire to scale up deliveries of food, medical supplies and other key items.
Less than half of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are functional, water production is at a quarter of capacity, 95% of school buildings have been damaged or destroyed and nearly all of Gaza’s 2.1 million people are facing high levels of food insecurity, said Catherine Russell, executive director of the UN children’s agency UNICEF.
The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, met with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials in recent days to discuss how to increase aid after a ceasefire agreement, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday.
Kaag’s meetings focused on trying to overcome challenges to deliveries that could remain even after the deal, including gunmen stripping convoys of aid, Israeli restrictions on access to Gaza, road damage, unexplored ordnance, fuel shortages and a lack of telecommunications equipment, he said.
The UN humanitarian office reported Tuesday that “Israeli authorities continue to deny UN-led efforts to reach people with vital assistance,” Dujarric said. In northern Gaza, where Israel launched its latest offensive, the UN has been denied access to deliver food supplies since Dec. 20, he said.
In addition to the lawlessness, the United Nations faces a major political obstacle. Its humanitarian operation in Gaza depends on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, which Israel’s parliament voted to ban from operating in the Palestinian territories. That legislation takes effect on Jan. 28.
Guterres has said there is no UN agency that can replace UNRWA, and if it is banned from operating, Israel as the occupying power in the Palestinian territories must take responsibility for providing aid.
UN officials said it’s imperative that the ceasefire deal is fully implemented and aid is allowed to flow freely.
“With the collapse of essential services across Gaza, we must act urgently to save lives and help children recover,” Russell of UNICEF said in a statement.
Guterres said the United Nations expects its efforts to be matched by other humanitarian organizations, the private sector and government initiatives.
David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, said aid groups must be given full access and adequate funding to rush aid to Gaza’s people after 15 months with limited food, clean water and medical care. He said his organization would quickly ramp up efforts: “The needs are immense and need urgent attention.”
Jan Egeland, a former UN humanitarian chief who heads the Norwegian Refugee Council, said, “Israel must immediately lift all restrictions on aid and humanitarian agencies to avert famine-like conditions and ensure access to shelter, food, and medical care for all in need.”
He called on the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and other nations “to make sure Israel does keep all crossings open, enabling a sustained flow of aid that can alleviate further suffering.”
US President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, said, “The surge of humanitarian assistance into Gaza will begin. And the innocent people can have a greater access to these vital supplies.