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Ground fighting erupted in multiple provinces within minutes of the start of the unilateral ceasefire late Sunday.

“The failure of Saudi Arabia and other coalition members to investigate apparently unlawful air strikes in Yemen demonstrates the need for the United Nations Human Rights Council to create a commission of inquiry”, it said.

Human Rights Watch condemned as an “apparent war crime” on Tuesday a Saudi-led air raid in Yemen last week that it said killed at least 65 civilians in residential compounds.

“It just shows what is the trend now of the air strikes from the coalition”, said Hassan Boucenine of the Geneva-based Doctors Without Borders.

It’s the fifth vehicle bomb attack against the Shiite Houthi group since June in Sanaa by the ISIS.

Yemen’s “popular resistance” forces, which support president-in-exile Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, said late Sunday that 47 civilians had been killed – and more than 140 injured – when the Shia Houthi militia shelled parts of the southern Aden province.

The government announced it had “liberated” the southern port city, while witnesses said rebels still controlled a district where fighting continues.

Yemeni ministers have arrived back in Aden after the government announced it had “liberated” the port city from rebel control, the interior ministry told AFP on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are demanding that the Houthis pull back from territory seized in their offensive and that President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi be restored to power.