SAADA (Reuters) – Three children were among the casualties in the air strike in Yemen that took place on Friday. Save the Children reported the deaths of more than 60 people after a Reuters witness claimed that several African migrants, as well as others, had been killed during a raid in Saada.

After the dawn strike at Saada’s temporary detention center in northern Yemen, rescue workers continued to pull bodies from the rubble. However, it wasn’t immediately known how many had died.

A Saudi-led military coalition has intensified air strikes https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemens-houthis-say-12-dead-saudi-led-coalition-strike-al-masirah-tv-reports-2022-01-17 on what it says are Houthi military targets after the Iran-aligned movement conducted an unprecedented assault on coalition member the United Arab Emirates https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-says-missiles-drones-used-attack-some-intercepted-2022-01-20 on Monday and further cross-border missile and drones launches at Saudi cities.

Save the Children stated that more than 60 people were killed by air strikes in the country, and three additional children died when missiles hit Hodeidah, a western port city.

It urged all sides to refrain from using explosive weapons in areas populated by children to shield their loved ones and to keep them safe.

Houthi-run Al Masirah TV channel stated that tens of thousands were injured and killed in the strike in Saada. They showed footage showing men moving rubble by hand to free trapped people and wounded in al-Jamhuri’s hospital.

Even though Yemen is in war, many migrants coming from Horn of Africa continue to travel there on their way to Saudi Arabia and wealthy Gulf countries.

On Friday, Yemen experienced a widespread Internet blackout with the exception being in the south of Aden. Houthi media attributed it to a coalition strike against a Hodeidah telecoms facility. Reuters couldn’t immediately confirm what caused the outage.

Saudi-led operations were reported by the alliance Thursday against Houthi military capacities in Hodeidah. They also included ballistic missile launch pads in Bayda, central Yemen, and military targets within Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa.

Following the Houthis’ March 2015 ousting of Sanaa from international recognition, the coalition intervened to end the conflict. It has left behind tens and thousands of civilians, forced millions into displacement, and put Yemen on the brink of starvation.

Hans Grundberg, United Nations Envoy for Yemen expressed concern Friday over military escalation. He called on both the United Nations and Yemen to exercise “maximum restraint”.