"Human Rights Watch": Israel and Washington Killed Hundreds of Civilians in Yemen in 2025

SadaNews - The international organization "Human Rights Watch" stated that the United States and Israel killed hundreds of civilians in Yemen during the year 2025, discussing "serious violations" of human rights recorded in the country.

The rights organization reported in a statement published on Wednesday on its website that "the Houthis, the Southern Transitional Council (now dissolved), and the Yemeni government arbitrarily arrested and enforced the disappearance of individuals in the areas they control, including journalists and human rights defenders."

Moreover, "the United States and Israel launched attacks that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians in Yemen," according to the same source.

During the years of genocide in Gaza committed by Israel, the latter carried out attacks against the Houthis in Yemen, targeting civilian sites and infrastructure, including electricity companies, resulting in civilian deaths and injuries.

The United States and the United Kingdom also initiated airstrikes on Yemen starting January 12, 2024, in response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Red and Arabian Seas as part of the "support for Gaza."

The organization added that "by the end of 2025, the Houthis were arbitrarily detaining 69 UN employees and dozens of civil society workers."

They urged "the warring parties to cease their use of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, release all unjustly detained individuals, and stop their unlawful attacks."

"Human Rights Watch" emphasized, saying, "Countries in the region must prioritize this in their advocacy efforts, and the warring parties must also fulfill their obligations to meet the basic needs of the populations living under their control, including access to food and water."

The organization quoted its researcher Niko Jaafarniya, stating that "the detention of humanitarian workers and the intimidation of journalists and civil society will not address the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen."

Jaafarniya called on "the warring parties to stop targeting activists, journalists, UN employees, and humanitarian workers; and to fulfill their obligations, including meeting the essential social and economic needs to improve their lives."