A recent statement made by the Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) and Head of the United Nations Mission in support of the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) Lieutenant General Abhijit Guha of India sparked nationwide rage and condemnation in Yemen.

Coalition airstrikes hinder the peace process and jeopardize the implementation of the Hodeida deal, Guha said in a statement.

Apart from drawing shock from the internationally recognized government, the statement also led to leveling accusations against Guha for turning a blind eye to Houthi aggressions and violations in Hodeidah and all across Yemen.

The airstrikes on Salif, in the Yemeni western governorate of Hodeida, hinder the peace process and jeopardize the Hodeida pact application, UNMHA said Monday.

UNMHA chair, Guha, expressed deep resentment at the Saturday airstrike in the Red Sea port of Salif.

Despite the decrease in violence during the last months, the situation in Hodeida is still volatile, the UN official said.

On Sunday, the Saudi-led Arab Coalition said its aircraft had carried out "typical operation against Houthi military targets in Salif district," to the north of Hodeida city.

"The targeted sites were used for preparing for and carrying out hostile acts and terrorist operations threatening international navigation and trade routes in Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the south Red Sea," the Coalition said in a statement.

Information Minister Muammar Al-Eryani expressed his surprise at the statement of Guha regarding the qualitative operation carried out by the Coalition against military targets of the Houthi militia in Salif. The attack destroyed sites used to assemble and launch bomb-rigged boats that constituted a threat to maritime navigation.

As for Guha’s statement on violence decreasing in Hodeidah, Eryani said it was misleading to the international community as dozens of Houthi violations continue to take place daily.

Eryani reaffirmed that the internationally-recognized government will not allow for Houthis to exploit the Hodeidah ceasefire agreement and transform the city’s ports into spots used to manufacture threats to international maritime navigation.