Saudi Arabia kills Scores of Yemeni civilians in bombing raids
On Sunday, December 13 , Saudi-led air strikes have reportedly killed dozens of Yemeni civilians in bombings of homes - a day before a UN-brokered ceasefire is set to start ahead of peace talks to end eight months of war
In al-Hajawara in northern Hajjah province multiple air bombings killed 15 people - including women and children - inside their homes and wounded others
In another Saudi airstrikes, Three civilians were killed in Dhahyan city of Sa'ada province
A local official said that a citizen was seriously wounded in air strikes by Saudi fighter jets targeted Hamedan District Northwest of Sanaa, the raids also caused heavy material losses of the targeted area
Half of the nearly 6,000 people killed in the fighting and air strikes are civilians, including 637 children, according to the United Nations
In another Saudi airstrike on the coastal areas of the Khawkhah district of Yemen’s city of Hudaydah, five fishermen were injured and more than 80 fishing boats were destroyed
A seven-day ceasefire is due to start on Monday, the day before planned U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Switzerland, senior officials on both sides of the civil war said