The Insan Organization for Rights and Freedoms is deeply concerned about the escalating Israeli military aggression on Sana’a, which peaked on Thursday, September 25, 2025, through a series of airstrikes targeting residential neighborhoods and civilian facilities—an explicit violation of international humanitarian law, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, and their Additional Protocols.
According to information from local sources and the Ministry of Health in the Sana’a government, the strikes resulted in 8 martyrs and 142 wounded, including women and children, as an initial toll. The attacks directly hit residential neighborhoods and civilian facilities, including the Al-Bukayriya Mosque neighborhood in Old Sana’a, the Dhahban power station, Al-Raqas Street, Hadda area, Al-Sabeen district, as well as a correctional facility holding prisoners and detainees.
Targeting civilians and vital facilities, including power stations and residential buildings, constitutes a violation of Common Article (3) of the Geneva Conventions, which prohibits attacks on persons not taking part in hostilities. It also contravenes Article (52) of Additional Protocol I, which mandates the protection of civilian objects from military attacks.
Furthermore, bombing correctional facilities holding detainees is a breach of Article (75) of the same Protocol, which guarantees special protection for detainees from hostile or retaliatory acts. Attacking civilian infrastructure constitutes a war crime under Article (8) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and requires international accountability.
The Insan Organization warns that the continuation of such violations may worsen the humanitarian situation in Yemen and risk igniting a large-scale regional war, in the absence of any serious international action to halt the aggression and hold its perpetrators accountable.
Accordingly, the Insan Organization calls for:
An urgent, independent international investigation into these violations, with perpetrators brought to criminal accountability before competent international courts.
Immediate intervention by the United Nations and the UN Security Council to stop the aggression and ensure civilian protection.
Activation of international legal mechanisms to ensure perpetrators do not escape punishment, along with compensation for victims and those affected.
Deployment of international monitoring teams to document violations and provide urgent humanitarian support to affected areas.
The Insan Organization reiterates its call to the international community, as well as human rights and humanitarian organizations, to fulfill their legal and moral obligations toward the Yemeni people, work to end the aggression, and ensure respect for international humanitarian law.
