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Earlier, Yemen's Shia Houthi rebels claimed they had downed a Tornado fighter jet from the Arab coalition in the northwestern province of Al-Jawf.
According to General Yahya Saree, the spokesman for the Ansarullah movement, the fighter jet
was downed with an advanced surface-to-air missile, while it was was carrying out an attack over the province of Al-Jawf late Friday.
The video showing the alleged Saudi fighter jet being shot down was released on Saturday by Yemen's Al-Masirah TV.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition confirmed on Saturday that a Saudi fighter jet had crashed during an overnight operation in Yemen, but did not address the causes of the crash at length.
Since the start of the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen in 2015, the Houthis have claimed to have downed enemy drones many times. At the same time, the coalition's aircraft losses have been rare.
Comment: Saudi Arabia then
conducted airstrikes on those who gathered around the wrecked jet, killing at least 30:
Yemen's Health Ministry said aid workers could not reach the site of the air attack due to continuous flights by Saudi warplanes over the area.
On Saturday, the spokesman for Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement condemned the Saudi massacre in Jawf, saying, "As usual, when the most brutal US-Saudi aggression receives painful strikes in the military confrontation fields, it replies with great folly by targeting civilians."
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At first I saw not one firearm in that video; https://twitter.com/almasirah/status/1228738642056744960(I just rewatched it and at the end you see a few guys with AK-47s slung on their shoulders.) But while I was watching it, I said to self, I would not be walking around there!
Wonder if there is surviving footage of the subsequent airstrikes.
This 'tactic' reminds me of FUKUSraHell tactics of killing people, and then bombing their funerals.
RC