With regard to the report of (Amnesty International) issued in (October 2015), which includes that at (12:30) on the afternoon of (13/06/2015), Coalition Forces bombed a (house) in (Al-Safra) a village southeast of (Sa'ada) city, killing (10) civilians and wounding (7) others from one family, Amnesty International visited the site three weeks after the attack, and found no up normal things in the rubble of the house, and no evidence of a military presence inside or around the house, and the organization's researchers did not find evidence to prove that the inhabitants of the house were male combatants, and none of them were present at the time of the strike except one. The JIAT vetted the incident, and reviewed all documents, including procedures and rules of engagement, daily mission schedule, after mission report, satellite images, provisions and principles of International Humanitarian Law and its customary rules, and assessment of evidences, JIAT found that on Wednesday (10/06/2015), intelligence information was received by Coalition Forces regarding a (building) belonging to a prominent leader of Al-Houthi armed militia in (Wadi Dammaj) in (Al-Safra) district of (Sa'ada) governorate, used to hold meetings between Houthi leaderships to support the war effort, and its annex (hangar) used to store equipment and weapons to support the front lines, it was considered to be a legitimate military target, that the destruction of it would achieve a military advantage based on Article (52) paragraph (2) of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. The availability of degrees of verification through intensifying the (reconnaissance and surveillance) operations by the Coalition Forces on the target site (building) confirmed that the two Houthi senior commanders where at the building, in addition to ground sources inside Yemen based on customary rule (16), as well as to determine the appropriate time to carry out the military operation to ensure the presence of the two senior commanders from Al-Houthi armed militia, therefore the legal protection of the civilian objects (building of the claim and its annex hangar) was lost for the use of it to support the front lines, in accordance with Article (52), paragraph (3) of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. At (12:00) pm on Saturday (13/06/2015), Coalition Forces conducted an air mission on two high-value military targets, a (building) used to hold meetings between Al-Houthi armed militia leaderships to support the war effort as well as (two prominent leaders) were inside it, and its annex (hangar) used to store equipment and weapons to support the front lines, using two guided bombs that hit their targets. JIAT also found that Coalition forces took possible precautions to minimize damages, by using two guided bombs commensurate with the size of the targets based on Article (17) of the Customary Rules of International Humanitarian Law, which resulted in achieving the desired military advantage, by killing one of the prominent leaders and injuring the other leader. By studying the satellite images of the targeted building, it was found that there were traces of an aerial targeting on the southwest corner of the targeted building, as well as partial damage resulting from aerial targeting on the northern side of the (hangar). In light of that, JIAT found that the procedures taken by Coalition Forces in dealing with the legitimate military targets, a (building) used to hold meetings between Al-Houthi armed militia leaderships to support the war effort, as well as (two prominent leaders) were inside it, and its annex (hangar) used to store equipment and weapons to support the front lines, were correct and in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law and its customary rules. --More 19:47 LOCAL TIME 16:47 GMT 0034 www.spa.gov.sa/w1230503
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