A statement issued by the Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) regarding the allegation that Coalition Forces targeted (Alwaht Hospital) in (Taban) directorate of (Lahj) governorate on (09/07/2015)

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هام – الرياض : With regard to what JIAT observed in the open sources regarding the report issued by (Doctors for Human Rights) dated (March 2020), that on (09/07/2015) coalition aircraft attacked (Alwaht Hospital) which was occupied by Houthi fighters and used as a military base at the time, the attack Caused severe damage to the facility. JIAT vetted the incident, and reviewed all documents, including air tasking orders, daily mission schedule, mission execution procedures, after mission reports, video recordings of the executed mission, satellite images, open sources, coordinates provided by the representative of the legitimate Yemeni government in JIAT, for the health centers and hospitals contained in the report, the website of the National Information Center in Yemen which contains the health centers and hospitals in Yemen, Coalition Forces No Strike List (NSL), Coalition Forces rules of engagement, provisions and principles of International Humanitarian Law and its customary rules, and after assessment of evidences, JIAT found that (Alwaht Hospital) is located in the north part of (Alwaht) city, and is in the Coalition Forces No Strike List (NSL). By studying the air missions carried out by the Coalition Forces on (09/07/2015), which is the date of the claim, JIAT found that the Coalition Forces carried out an air missions on a military target in (Sabar) city in (Taban) directorate of (Lahj) governorate, and was (3200) meters away from (Alwaht Hospital) of the claim, using one guided bomb that hits its target. By studying the air missions carried out by the Coalition Forces one day before and one day after the date of the claim, JIAT found the following: JIAT specialists studied the satellite images of the claimed site (Alwaht Hospital), after the date of the claim, the following was found: JIAT specialists studied the satellite images of the military target site after the date of the claim, which showed traces of aerial targeting on the military target.  By Comparing the allegation with the air mission carried out on the date of the claim, JIAT found the following: By Comparing the claim with what was published in the open sources, JIAT found the following: In light of that, JIAT found that Coalition Forces did not target (Al-Waht Hospital) in (Taban) directorate of (Lahj) governorate on (09/07/2015) as claimed.

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