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Comment: Now more than 200 are dead and over 500 injured:
According to Al Mayadeen broadcaster, the death toll reached 213 people, while earlier reports suggested that some 82 were killed and 534 more sustained injuries.
Washington, which has been a major arms supplier to Saudi Arabia, appears to have distanced itself from Saturday's devastating bombing that took place amid Saudi-led airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying it was "deeply disturbed" and promising to review its military support for Riyadh.
In a statement, White House National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said that a "troubling series of attacks striking Yemeni civilians" had prompted the US to rethink its position.
Comment: With Yemen's hospitals, wedding, and funerals being bombed, the US should have done this 'rethinking' a long time ago.
"We have initiated an immediate review of our already significantly reduced support to the Saudi-led coalition and are prepared to adjust our support so as to better align with US principles, values and interests, including achieving an immediate and durable end to Yemen's tragic conflict," the statement said.
Comment: So nothing much will be done unless the Houthis bow down to US and Saudi Arabia.
Price warned Riyadh that US-Saudi security cooperation was "not a blank check."
And according to AFP, the Arab coalition has agreed to join the US in investigating the strike.
The bombing took place less than three weeks after the US Senate greenlighted a $1.15 billion deal selling military equipment to Saudi Arabia. The Senate did so by blocking a bill opposing the controversial sale due to Saudi Arabia's role in the Yemeni conflict and Riyadh's human rights record.
Washington also urged all parties to the conflict - the Houthi rebels, the Saudi-led coalition and the Yemeni government it supports - to adhere to an April 10 ceasefire that has been broken repeatedly by all sides.
Comment: This bombing occurred shortly after the UN made a statement of a possible ceasefire: UN envoy for Yemen says Houthis agree to 3-day ceasefire, will Saudi Arabia follow suit?
On Saturday, a Saudi-led coalition aircraft targeted a Houthi funeral ceremony, killing at least 140 people and injuring hundreds more. The missile launched by the aircraft tore the roof of the building hosting ceremony and killed scores of people. The ceremony was reportedly held to pay the last respects to the late father of the Houthi rebels' interior minister.
For its part, Riyadh has denied there were any coalition aircraft in the area.
The Saudi-led coalition of nine Arab states has been carrying out airstrikes in Yemen since March last year.
Comment: The world is doing absolutely nothing to stem the violence against Yemen but in fact keep feeding it: