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\nAt least 70 people were killed and more than 130 injured when an airstrike hit a detention center in Yemen on Friday, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said, as the Saudi-led coalition continued to ramp up its deadly offensive on rebels in the war-torn nation.
\nAnother airstrike early Friday hit a telecommunications building in the strategic port city of Hodeidah, causing a nationwide internet blackout, according to NetBlocks, an organization that tracks network disruptions. At least three children were killed in that attack, Save the Children said.
\nThe Norwegian Refugee Council said the internet blackout, which was still ongoing as of Friday evening, would affect aid delivery.
\nThe Iran-back Houthi rebels, who control much of Yemen, blamed the Saudi-led coalition for the strikes. CNN has reached out to the coalition for comment.
\nA coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates launched an offensive in 2015 to restore Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized government, after it was ousted by the Houthis. The coalition has intensified its attacks in the wake of a Houthi missile and drone strike in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi earlier this week.
\nThe Houthi-run media outlet Al Masirah showed graphic video of people under rubble in the aftermath of Friday\u2019s detention center strike in the northern Yemeni city of Sa\u2019ada. The Red Cross said it had sent emergency medical supplies to two hospitals that had received a \u201cvery high\u201d number of casualties.
\n\u201cFrom what I hear from my colleague in Sa\u2019ada there are many bodies still at the scene of the airstrike, many missing people,\u201d said Ahmad Mahat, head of the MSF mission in Yemen. \u201cIt is impossible to know how many people have been killed. It seems to have been a horrific act of violence.\u201d
\nAn MSF-supported hospital in Sa\u2019ada has been overwhelmed by an influx of wounded people and cannot receive more, Mahat said. Two other hospitals in the city have also received large numbers of casualties, according to MSF.
\nInternational aid groups have been struggling to gather details about the strike because of the internet blackout, multiple aid workers told CNN.
\nThe Saudi-led coalition did not comment on the the strikes on the telecommunications building or the detention center, but said Friday that it had hit the port of Hodeidah, taking down \u201cone of the [Houthis\u2019] dens of maritime piracy and organized crime.\u201d
\nThe coalition also said it attacked \u201cmilitary targets\u201d in the capital Sanaa on Friday, claiming to have conducted the operation \u201cin response to the threat of hostile attacks,\u201d Saudi state-owned SPA said.
\n\u201cThe ICRC is deeply concerned about the intensification of hostilities over recent days, including attacks against cities across Yemen, in Saudi Arabia and in the United Arab Emirates, and deplores the human toll this escalation has caused,\u201d the International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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