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Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed on Tuesday that both Israeli and Houthi attacks against airports must be investigated as war crimes. The rights organization alleged that the continued attacks between Israel and Yemen against their respective airports can amount to “unlawful indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks on civilian objects.”
The report referred to three incidents. Israeli forces carried out two attacks against Yemen’s Sanaa International Airport on May 6 and 28, 2025. The Houthis attacked Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on May 4, 2025.
HRW expressed particular concern about the recent attack on Sanaa Airport. Yemen and Bahrain Researcher at HRW Niku Jafarnia said, “The Sanaa airport is a critical lifeline for Yemeni civilians, many of whom rely on the airport as their only means to access needed medical care.” This airport is also one of the only points where Yemeni individuals can travel abroad.
The Houthis had targeted Israel’s airport on several occasions, including recent airstrikes on Israeli soil. The attack on May 4 reportedly injured four individuals.
Israel’s first attack against Sanaa Airport on May 6 destroyed six aircraft as well as the airport terminals and caused severe damage to the runway, according to Khaled al-Shaif, the director of the airport. As confirmed by the IDF spokesperson for Arab media, Avichay Adraee, the raid completely disabled Sanaa Airport. The second attack was carried out on May 28, and commercial flights have not resumed since then. HRW revealed that staff of the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) were present at the airport at the time of the attack, although no individual was harmed.
Israel confirmed it had operated both strikes in retaliation for the Houthis’ attack against Ben Gurion Airport. The IDF confirmed on several occasions that Sanaa Airport “served as a central hub for the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons and operatives.” UN officials rejected the claim. UN humanitarian coordinator Julien Harneis told reporters that the airport “It’s used by the International Committee of the Red Cross, it is used for civilian flights – that is its purpose.”
The Geneva Conventions of 1949 set the rules of war as part of international humanitarian law. Protocol I prohibits “an indiscriminate attack affecting the civilian population or civilian objects in the knowledge that such attack will cause excessive loss of life, injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects.” HRW holds that both incidents that occurred in Yemen and the attack on the Israeli airport may amount to war crimes.
HRW highlighted the shared responsibility of countries arming Israel as being complicit in these unlawful attacks. The US has also carried out several strikes in Yemen, resulting in serious civilian casualties. The already dire health situation in Yemen can be exacerbated by these continued military attacks, putting civilian lives in danger.
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The report referred to three incidents. Israeli forces carried out two attacks against Yemen’s Sanaa International Airport on May 6 and 28, 2025. The Houthis attacked Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on May 4, 2025.
HRW expressed particular concern about the recent attack on Sanaa Airport. Yemen and Bahrain Researcher at HRW Niku Jafarnia said, “The Sanaa airport is a critical lifeline for Yemeni civilians, many of whom rely on the airport as their only means to access needed medical care.” This airport is also one of the only points where Yemeni individuals can travel abroad.
The Houthis had targeted Israel’s airport on several occasions, including recent airstrikes on Israeli soil. The attack on May 4 reportedly injured four individuals.
Israel’s first attack against Sanaa Airport on May 6 destroyed six aircraft as well as the airport terminals and caused severe damage to the runway, according to Khaled al-Shaif, the director of the airport. As confirmed by the IDF spokesperson for Arab media, Avichay Adraee, the raid completely disabled Sanaa Airport. The second attack was carried out on May 28, and commercial flights have not resumed since then. HRW revealed that staff of the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) were present at the airport at the time of the attack, although no individual was harmed.
Israel confirmed it had operated both strikes in retaliation for the Houthis’ attack against Ben Gurion Airport. The IDF confirmed on several occasions that Sanaa Airport “served as a central hub for the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons and operatives.” UN officials rejected the claim. UN humanitarian coordinator Julien Harneis told reporters that the airport “It’s used by the International Committee of the Red Cross, it is used for civilian flights – that is its purpose.”
The Geneva Conventions of 1949 set the rules of war as part of international humanitarian law. Protocol I prohibits “an indiscriminate attack affecting the civilian population or civilian objects in the knowledge that such attack will cause excessive loss of life, injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects.” HRW holds that both incidents that occurred in Yemen and the attack on the Israeli airport may amount to war crimes.
HRW highlighted the shared responsibility of countries arming Israel as being complicit in these unlawful attacks. The US has also carried out several strikes in Yemen, resulting in serious civilian casualties. The already dire health situation in Yemen can be exacerbated by these continued military attacks, putting civilian lives in danger.
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