The National Human Rights Authority condemned the fully constituted war crime committed by Saudi enemy aircraft through the deliberate targeting, for the third consecutive time, of Al-Rawd School in the Al-Rubai’i area of Al-Ta'iziyah District in Taiz Governorate, resulting in the complete destruction of what remained of the school.

In a statement, the authority said: “Bombing a previously destroyed school for the third time confirms that we are facing a policy of systematic targeting of education, and not a military error. Whoever bombs a school three times wants to tell the children of Taiz: you have no right to life, nor to education.”

The statement explained that what happened in Al-Rubai’i today is not an isolated crime, but rather another link in a systematic campaign of destruction that, over 12 years of aggression, has affected more than 2,775 educational and academic facilities across 22 governorates, completely destroying them, including more than 459 schools and education offices.

It stated that the enemy partially destroyed more than 1,577 schools and educational offices, while more than 774 schools were forcibly closed due to targeting and fear.

The statement pointed out that since September 3, 2026, the Saudi enemy has intensified its deliberate targeting of schools and communications towers as collective punishment in response to the Yemeni people’s legendary steadfastness.

It affirmed that this crime constitutes a flagrant violation of Article 52 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which grants schools special protection as civilian objects, and constitutes a war crime under Article 8(2)(b)(ix) of the Rome Statute, as it involves intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to education. It also constitutes a violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which establishes education as a sacred right.

The authority held the Saudi regime fully criminally responsible for this crime, calling on UNICEF and UNESCO to break their shameful silence and condemn the destruction of educational facilities.