With regard to what was monitored by JIAT in one of the media, that on (07/11/2018) at about (02:30), an airplane began flying over the area of ??(Ram), and at about (06:30), an air strike hit a courtyard beside a (residential cottage) in (Ram) area in (Mustaba) district of (Hajjah) governorate, while a family was having breakfast, (5) civilians were killed, the family relatives came out of two nearby cottages to find out what happened, a second air strike was launched about seven minutes after the first strike, killing (2) and wounding (3) others. 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 the closest air mission carried out by the Coalition Forces on the date of the claim (07/11/2018), was on a legitimate military target a (cannon) belonging to Al-Houthi armed militia in (Saada) governorate, at a distance of (44) km from (Ram) area in (Mustaba) district of (Hajjah) governorate, JIAT also found that the Coalition Forces did not carry out any air missions at (06:30) hours of the claimed date (07/11/2018) inside Yemen. After studying the daily mission schedule for the previous day and the day after the date of the claim, JIAT found the following: 1. On Tuesday (06/11/2018), the day before the date of the claim, it was found that the closest air mission carried out by the Coalition Forces was on a legitimate military target (a cannon), located (16) km southwest of (Ram) area. 2. On Thursday (08/11/2018), the day after the date of the claim, it was found that the closest air mission carried out by the Coalition Forces was on a legitimate military target a (tank) located (19) km west of the (Ram) area. In light of that, JIAT found that Coalition Forces did not target a residential cottage in (Ram) area in (Mustaba) district of (Hajjah) governorate on (07/11/2018) as claimed. --More 19:38 LOCAL TIME 16:38 GMT 0033 www.spa.gov.sa/w1230498
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