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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · 13h

Three strikes in September all in the capital resulted in more than 100 civilian casualties in each incident. Eight strikes in the capital in September marked the heaviest month of bombing in the city since US strikes ended in May and the highest number in Yemen’s capital by Israel in any month.

Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · 17h

The rate of civilian harm in Israeli strikes remains unprecedented.
In Trump's bombing campaign earlier this year the average was 2.07 civilian casualties per strike. In seven years of Saudi-led air raids the rate was 0.76.
In September, the average surged to over 32 civilian casualties per strike.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · 17h

The rate of civilian harm in Israeli strikes remains unprecedented.
In Trump's bombing campaign earlier this year the average was 2.07 civilian casualties per strike. In seven years of Saudi-led air raids the rate was 0.76.
In September, the average surged to over 32 civilian casualties per strike.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · 17h

Civilian casualties in Israeli strikes in Yemen doubled in September in a month marked by the deliberate killing of journalists at two media outlets. We recorded 22 men, 11 women and five children killed in the strike. A further 147 were injured including 31 children.
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Monthly update on Israeli strikes in Yemen

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 19d

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital is the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded by CPJ, following the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. Read more: cpj.org?p=522184

Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., September 19, 2025—Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that it...

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Sep 6

Average rate of civilian harm in Israeli strikes remains unprecedented in 10+yrs of data collection. August average was over 23 civilian casualties per strike.
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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Sep 6

We recorded 102 civilian casualties in two strikes on 24 Aug: a strike on a YPC fuel station creating a massive fire ball and a further strike on Hizyaz power station. The two incidents killed 10 civilians, injured 92. Israel has bombed Hizyaz power station six times in 9 months.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Sep 6

The month was marked by the first reported targeted assassinations by Israel in Yemen. Israel assassinated the Sana’a-based PM, 11 ministers and cabinet officials in a 28 Aug. strike, deploying up to 10 munitions on the gathering of political figures.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Sep 6

Our latest update on Israeli strikes in Yemen:
@yemendataproject.org
recorded 116 civilian casualties in five Israeli strikes in August - the highest monthly rate of civilian harm since April’s 7-yr-high during the US bombing campaign. 22 civilians recorded killed in August, 94 injured.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Aug 3

Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report

Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’

www.theguardian.com

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Jun 11

The outlier remains Israel. In 32 Israeli strikes in Yemen since July the average rate of civilian harm is >9 casualties per air raid. 12 Israeli strikes in May focused on civilian infrastructure resulting in 75 civilian casualties + destruction of all civilian passenger jets operating from Sanaa.

A data visualisation showing the categories of sites and objects hit by Israeli air raids in May 2025.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Jun 11

The average rate of civilian harm in US strikes was on par with the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen 10 years ago. The average rate of civilian casualties in the first 53 days of Saudi's air was was 2.8 per strike. The average rate in US strikes was similarly just over 2 civilian casualties per strike.

A data visualisation showing the categories of sites and objects hit by US strikes from 15 March 2025 to 6 May.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Jun 11

A May ceasefire ended the most intense and deadly bombing in Yemen since the peak of Saudi's air war. In 53 days the US killed at least 238 civilians compared to a year of Biden-era strikes that killed 21 civilians - a death toll matched by Trump's air war in first 48hrs mailchi.mp/674567bfa83a...?

A map of Yemen showing the number of US strikes and civilian casualties in those strikes, per governorate.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Jun 5

US strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah on 17 April 2025 caused dozens of civilian casualties and significant damage to port infrastructure. The attack should be investigated as a war crime. - @hrw.org
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Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

US military strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah, Yemen, on April 17, 2025, caused dozens of civilian casualties and significant damage to port infrastructure.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · May 26

“We buried eight people from a single family, from a single house,” said a mourner at the funeral procession. “There’s no sign that this was a military target. We’re their neighbours … we saw what happened.”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Nothing left to bomb’: Yemen’s civilians bear brunt of US airstrikes on Houthis

Analysts say US and Israeli attacks failed to weaken rebels and are only pushing the country to the brink of famine

www.theguardian.com

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · May 17

The $7 billion the U.S. wasted bombing Yemen.

Not mentioned is the lives it cost - more than 250 civilians.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...

Opinion | The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn’t Find on a Map

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · Apr 29

The deadly attack on a detention facility in Sa’ada, Yemen, resulted in a high number of casualties, many of whom were migrants.

We reiterate our call to all parties to respect and protect civilians, including people deprived of their liberty.

Read more: http://ms.spr.ly/63329SPWzN

The deadly attack on a detention facility in Sa’ada, Yemen, resulted in a high number of casualties, many of whom were migrants. We are supporting the Yemen Red Crescent Society, which has been evacuating the wounded, and leading the dignified management of the dead. Also, we are providing medical supplies to nearby hospitals caring for those injured. All parties to conflict must respect and protect civilians, including people deprived of their liberty.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 29

We recorded 115 civilian casualties in the strike early on 28 April that hit a detention facility in Sa'ada. 68 killed, 47 injured.

Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 29

"It is unthinkable that while people are detained and have nowhere to escape, they can also be caught in the line of fire.” - ICRC

www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...

Yemen: ICRC responds to deadly attack on Sa’ada Prison, urges for protection of civilians amidst worsening humanitarian crisis

The deadly attack on a detention facility in Sa’ada, Yemen today resulted in high number of casualties, many of whom were migrants. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Yemen Re...

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 29

"It is unthinkable that while people are detained and have nowhere to escape, they can also be caught in the line of fire.” - ICRC

www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...

Yemen: ICRC responds to deadly attack on Sa’ada Prison, urges for protection of civilians amidst worsening humanitarian crisis

The deadly attack on a detention facility in Sa’ada, Yemen today resulted in high number of casualties, many of whom were migrants. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Yemen Re...

www.icrc.org

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 28

Trump promised peace but brings rapid increase in civilian casualties to Yemen

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Trump promised peace but brings rapid increase in civilian casualties to Yemen | Dan Sabbagh

Escalation from US military suggests previous restraints on causing civilian casualties have been relaxed

www.theguardian.com

Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 28

Another US strike resulting in mass casualties in Yemen overnight.
The average rate of civilian harm per strike has continued to rise since the start of the bombing campaign in March.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say 68 dead in US airstrike on prison

Alleged attack on facility holding African detainees raises fresh questions over US military operations in region

www.theguardian.com

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 27

And that’s why we do it.

Reuters @reuters.com · Apr 27

US military says it will not reveal details about strikes in Yemen reut.rs/44dsKNE

US military says it will not reveal details about strikes in Yemen

The U.S. military said on Sunday it will not reveal specific details about its military strikes in Yemen, citing what it called the need "to preserve operational security" while also saying the strikes had "lethal effects" against Yemen's Houthi rebels.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 26

A strike on Farwah market in the capital on 20 April killed at least 12 civilians, including 2 children and injured a further 30 civilians, bringing the total number of civilian casualties to 500 since president Trump launched a new U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen on 15 March.

Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 26

230 civilian casualties were recorded in the Ras Isa bombing on 18 April with at least 80 civilians killed and 150 injured. In a decade of monitoring by
@yemendataproject.org only three air raids have caused more civilian harm, all of which were during the seven-year-long Saudi-led air war.

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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 26

This week, civilians casualties reached 500 in Trump's bombing campaign in Yemen. The number of civilian casualties in U.S. Operation Rough Rider more than doubled in seven days from 16-22 April. At least 95 civilians were killed and 192 injured in the week.
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Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 15

We’ve recorded a total of 142 civilian casualties (killed and injured) in 131 U.S. strikes from 15 March to 7 April. An average of more than 5 strikes per day.

Yemen Data Project @yemendataproject.org · Apr 15

Due to popular demand, we’re sending out more updates. The latest covers the first week of April.

48 civilian casualties were recorded in 34 US strikes from 1 to 7 April, including killing of 3 children in a strike on a house belonging to a Houthi-affiliated tribal figure
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A map for Yemen showing the number of US strikes and civilian casualties per governorate over the period of 1-7 April

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