Today, Sunday, the Houthi group began the trial of 39 people from its local, regional and international opponents in the case of Saudi-led coalition fighters targeting a funeral hall in Sanaa in a bloody attack that left 151 dead and 799 wounded, including senior civilian and military leaders loyal to the group and its allies in October 2016.
She said. The news agency affiliated with the group said that the criminal court specializing in state security cases in Sana’a began this morning the first trial sessions of 39 defendants in the “crime of the aggression coalition’s aircraft targeting the Grand Hall in Sana’a,” coinciding with the seventh anniversary of the horrific attack that received widespread local and international criticism and condemnation.
The prosecution list included defendants from the countries of Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, the United States of America, Britain, Israel, Bahrain and Sudan, in addition to two Yemeni defendants accused of spying with Saudi Arabia and submitting coordinates with the intention of targeting Yemenis.
The Houthi Public Prosecution accused the group’s opponents of committing the crime of genocide by causing two explosions by throwing Two Mark MK82 bombs, weighing 241 kilograms each, were dropped by warplanes on the Great Hall on 50th Street in the capital, Sana’a, during the presence of hundreds of citizens who had come to offer their condolences to the Al-Ruwaishan family.
The Saudi-led coalition  at the time acknowledged carrying out the attack, but said that it It was based on “false information.”
It was stated in a statement that the Air Operations Direction Center in Yemen carried out the raid “based on information from an entity affiliated with the Yemeni General Staff that later turned out to be false.”
The statement indicated that an entity affiliated with the Yemeni Chief of Staff, insisted “on targeting the site immediately as it is a legitimate military target.” He added that the attack was carried out “without obtaining direction from the relevant authority in the coalition forces command and without following the precautionary measures approved by the coalition forces command to ensure its safety.” The site is not among the civilian sites prohibited from targeting.”
The coalition pledged to work to compensate the families of the victims of the attack and those affected by it.