[4] On 17 January 2022, Houthi forces drone struck the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi, killing three civilians and provoking international condemnation.
Ahmed Mahat, head of the agency, told AFP "There are still many bodies at the site of the airstrike and many people are missing.
"[11][12] In an interview with media, the governor of Saada said that the hospitals were collapsed by corpses and injured, while the province, as well as the country, is in dire need of all kinds of medical equipment including medicines.
At the time Hospitals in Yemen were urgently needed blood of any type[13] The coalition denied targeting the center and stated they will inform and share details with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen (OCHA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The coalition also stated that the target in Saada was not on no-targeting lists agreed upon with the OCHA, was not reported by the ICRC and did not meet the standards stipulated by the Third Geneva Convention for Prisoners of War.