Yemen: Re-emerging Joy with 80 Children return to Al-Hamza School 10 December, 2020 - 18:00 Country: Yemen Source: National Foundation for Development and Humanitarian Response NFDHR: ADEL ALBAH: - Thursday, 10 December, 2020 Classrooms were full of school boys and girls until the year 2017-2018. Yet, the situation totally changed after the school was targeted by air strikes, as confirmed by principal of Hamzah Elementary School in Al-Marabid village, Al-Jarahi district, in Al-Hudaydah. The night of the strike was very dark and most people went peacefully to sleep. Later, they were startled awake on a loud blast coming from nearby. "When we heard the blast, people went to the source to figure out what happened, and they returned with bad news: the school was targeted by a missile," said school girl Najla Hussein. She continues: "I couldn't help myself, I cried all night and did not sleep waiting for the morning to come."