A Saudi airstrike killed at least 45 people in a refugee camp in northern Yemen Monday.
Humanitarian workers say civilians are among the casualties.
Rebel-controlled state-run media say women and children were killed, but Saudi officials say they cannot confirm exactly what happened or who was hurt.
The airstrike was apparently targeting a nearby Houthi rebel military installation.
Saudi-led coalition ships have also imposed a blockade to try to stop the Houthis from seizing the main southern port of Aden.
Saudi Arabia is leading an Arab coalition with airstrikes to stop the advance of Shi’ite Houthi rebels in Yemen and assure President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi can return to power.
Since last Thursday, a Saudi-led coalition has conducted an aerial bombardment throughout the country against Yemen’s Houthi Shi’ite rebels, but Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen blamed a Houthi artillery strike for the refugee camp casualties.
A spokesman for the International Organization for Migration said it was not immediately clear how many of those killed were civilians or armed personnel.
On Monday, largely Sunni Muslim Pakistan said it would send troops to Saudi Arabia, a regional ally, to join the coalition fighting Houthi rebels, according to a senior government official reported by Reuters.
Currently, 10 primarily Sunni-Arab states, including several Gulf states, Sudan, Egypt and Morocco, are taking part in the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
Source-VOA
