Around 70 inmates were killed and more than 50 were injured in a US airstrike targeting one of the detention centers designated for African immigrants in Saada on Monday.
Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for the UN Chief Minister, said air strikes “substantial risks for civilians” in Arab countries, including women and children.
“We are saddened by the tragic loss of lives, where many of these immigrants are believed to have been killed and injured,” Dujarric told reporters.
“We will continue to call on (on) parties to support their obligations under international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians,” he added.
Dujarric stressed that Yemeni hospitals are overwhelmed by the large number of injuries, many of whom are seriously injured.
The fatal US airstrikes have attracted widespread condemnation.
Iran has denounced the airstrikes and called the ongoing US attacks on Yemeni civilians and infrastructure a war crime.
Esmaeir Baghihai, a spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, assaulted the United Nations and human rights groups for continuing to be indifferent to US attacks in clear violations of the law and repeated violations of Yemen’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Yemen’s Ansarla movement also accused the strike of “brutal crimes” and accused Washington of intentionally targeting civilians under the guise of military operations.
In response to the atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza and the US and British invasions of Yemen, Yemeni forces launched a series of strikes targeting the interests of Israel, the US and the British Red Sea and neighboring regions.
The Yemeni Navy and Air Force units conducted joint work on the Nimitz class ships of the US Navy and other US warships using several homemade cruises, ballistic missiles and combat drones.
Yemeni Army spokesman Brigadier Yahya Saree said the attack came to retaliate for a fatal US airstrike.
He added that unless the Yemeni forces stop their continued attacks on Yemen, they will continue to pursue and target US naval vessels and all hostile warships in the Red and Arabian seas.
MNA/presstv