The massacre in al-Waziah, Thais, reflects a dangerous drift towards the deliberate targeting of civilian objects. The Saudi airstrikes resulted in more than 30 casualties and injuries among people who went to the public market.
The return to the pattern of targeting infrastructure and civilian gatherings complicates any path towards calm, and puts the Yemeni-Saudi conflict before a new cycle of escalation in which the cost of attrition on the ground increases and the circle of deterrent response expands with it. Mercy for the martyrs and healing for the wounded.