On this day last month, Britain's trade secretary @trussliz resumed new arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in #Yemen, claiming there was no pattern of war crimes. Since then, 17 children have reportedly been killed in 3 airstrikes on civilian targets @declassifiedUK @tradegovuk 
On 12 July, the UN said "an air strike killed seven children and two women in Washhah District in Hajjah Governorate in north-west Yemen. Another two children and two women were injured and rushed to Abs Hospital for treatment." reliefweb.int/report/yemen/s… @DefenceHQ
I reported that footage from this airstrike appeared to show a missile made by US arms company @LockheedMartin was responsible for the deaths dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-0…
The day after the airstrike, UK trade minister @GregHands told Parliament "there is not a clear risk that the export of arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law”. hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-0…
But hours after Hands said this, the Saudi authorities themselves admitted: " there is a possibility of losses among civilians" and referred the airstike for an investigation spa.gov.sa/viewstory.php?…
Three days later on 15 July, @SaveChildrenYE said "Another air strike in Yemen is reported to have killed nine people in Al Jawf governorate, including four children." savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-cen… Saudi authorities said this air strike also needed investigating
Yesterday, on 6 August, Yemeni media reported more than a dozen civilians were killed and injured in a coalition raid in Al Jawf, including at least 6 children. Bringing the total to 17 dead kids since @trussliz said it was safe to resume arms sales
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Save the Children have issued a press release condemning yesterday's "indiscriminate" air strike in #Yemen which killed multiple children savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-cen…
The UN says as many as 9 children were killed in yesterday's "shocking" airstrike on civilians in Yemen reliefweb.int/report/yemen/w…
There is very distressing footage online from yesterday's airstrike in Yemen showing the dead and wounded children. Not clear which country made the missile that was responsible for this atrocity. UK have licensed £5bn of weapons to Saudi since war started
The Saudi-led coalition says it is "looking into" allegations that Thursday's air strike in Al Jawf, Yemen, caused "collateral damage". The UN says 9 children may have been killed in the attack. english.aawsat.com/home/article/2…
So far Reuters and Al Jazeera are the only major English language media who seem to have covered it uk.reuters.com/article/uk-yem… and aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/…
