The Bombing of Mokha took place on Friday night, 24 July 2015 between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m at Mokha city of Yemen. The airstrikes targeted two residential complexes belonging to engineers and technicians of al-Mukha power plant of Taiz province. According to the workers and residents of the compound one or more aircraft dropped nine bombs in separate sorties in intervals of few minutes.
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Background
On Thursday,26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia led a coalition of nine Arab states in carrying out airstrikes in Yemen. The intervention as claimed began in response to request for assistance from the then President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. He immediately left the country for Saudi Arabia as the military intervention of the coalition started.
The airstrikes started on the night of Thursday when Saudi warplanes targeted the al-Samaa military base in Sana'a. The base is believed to house the loyalists of General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Casualties
Reports of casualties vary and range from "65 dead and dozens wounded" according to Human Rights Watch to "120 dead and 150 wounded" according to USA news.
The airstrike has been criticized by Human Rights watch and various media outlets, as it targeted a residential complex.